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girth
c.1300, "belt around a horse's body," from O.N.
gjorð
"girdle, belt, hoop," from P.Gmc.
*gertu-
(cf Goth.
gairda
"girdle"), from the same source as
gird
(q.v.). Sense of "measurement around an object" first recorded 1644.
