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# girth

noun (girths)

«girth» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The girth of a horse is the strap that goes under its belly to hold the saddle on. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/girth/#m1)
2. The girth of something is its measure all the way round, such as the girth of a tree or of a waist. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/girth/#m2)

### In the lessons

in tales a girth is the strap of a saddle that can break, so a rider falls; in lessons «girth» can mean the distance around a round thing

### Examples

- Tighten the girth before you ride the pony. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/girth/#x1)
- The girth of the saddle broke, and the prince fell. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/girth/#x2)
- The oak tree has a girth of four metres. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/girth/#x3)
- Measure the girth of the barrel with a tape. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/girth/#x4)

### Note

a girth is a length around something, so it is a measure, not a count; in a problem it may need adding or dividing as a length

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «girth» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/girth/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«girth» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/girth.html) on Mova free.