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  • 1 fascia (fascea)

        fascia (fascea) ae, f    [FASC-], a band, band age, swathe, girth, fillet: devinctus erat fasciis. lecti cubicularis, a bed-girth: Bruttia calidi fascia visci, pitch plaster, Iu.— A streak of cloud: nil fascia nigra minatur, Iu.

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  • 2 fascea

    fascĭa ( fascea), ae, f. [kindred with fascis], a band, bandage, swathe, girth, fillet.
    I.
    Prop. (to bind up diseased parts of the body; to wrap round the feet to prevent the boots from rubbing them; to bind under the breasts of women; a headband set with pearls, etc.;

    syn.: redimiculum, vitta, infula, diadema): devinctus erat fasciis,

    Cic. Brut. 60, 217; Suet. Dom. 17; id. Galb. 21; Gell. 16, 3, 4; cf.:

    fasciis crura vestiuntur,

    Quint. 11, 3, 144: cum vincirentur pedes fasciis, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 537, 5; id. Att. 2, 3, 1 (cf. with Val. Max. 6, 2, 7); Plin. 8, 57, 82, § 221; Dig. 34, 2, 25 (with pedules); Lampr. Alex. Sev. 40 al.:

    carnem praependentem fascia substringere,

    Suet. Galb. 21:

    brachio lanis fasciisque obvoluto,

    id. Dom. 17:

    inflatum circa fascia pectus eat,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 274; Mart. 14, 134:

    vides illum Scythiae regem, insigni capitis decorum? si vis illum aestimare, fasciam solve: multum mali sub illa latet,

    Sen. Ep. 80 fin.; so of a diadem, Suet. Caes. 79:

    puero fasciis opus est, cunis, incunabulis,

    i. e. swaddling-cloths, Plaut. Truc. 5, 13:

    somniasse se, ovum pendere ex fascia lecti sui cubicularis,

    a bed-girth, Cic. Div. 2, 65, 134; Mart. 5, 62, 5; 14, 159:

    uvas sole siccatas junci fasciis involvit,

    bands of rushes, mats, Plin. 15, 17, 18, § 66: nitor, qualem Bruttia praestabat calidi tibi fascia visci, plaster, Juv. 9, 14.— Prov.: non es nostrae fasciae, i. e. of our rank or condition, Petr. 46.—
    II.
    Transf.
    * A.
    The casing of a door, Varr. ap. Non. 451, 20; and 86, 10.—
    * B.
    In archit., a wreath round a pillar, a listel, Vitr. 3, 3 med. —
    * C.
    A streak of cloud in the sky:

    nil color hic caeli, nil fascia nigra minatur,

    Juv. 14, 294.—
    * D.
    A zone of the earth:

    orbi terrae in quinque zonas, sive melius fascias dico, discernitur,

    Mart. Cap. 6, §§ 602, 607.

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  • 3 fascia

    fascĭa ( fascea), ae, f. [kindred with fascis], a band, bandage, swathe, girth, fillet.
    I.
    Prop. (to bind up diseased parts of the body; to wrap round the feet to prevent the boots from rubbing them; to bind under the breasts of women; a headband set with pearls, etc.;

    syn.: redimiculum, vitta, infula, diadema): devinctus erat fasciis,

    Cic. Brut. 60, 217; Suet. Dom. 17; id. Galb. 21; Gell. 16, 3, 4; cf.:

    fasciis crura vestiuntur,

    Quint. 11, 3, 144: cum vincirentur pedes fasciis, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 537, 5; id. Att. 2, 3, 1 (cf. with Val. Max. 6, 2, 7); Plin. 8, 57, 82, § 221; Dig. 34, 2, 25 (with pedules); Lampr. Alex. Sev. 40 al.:

    carnem praependentem fascia substringere,

    Suet. Galb. 21:

    brachio lanis fasciisque obvoluto,

    id. Dom. 17:

    inflatum circa fascia pectus eat,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 274; Mart. 14, 134:

    vides illum Scythiae regem, insigni capitis decorum? si vis illum aestimare, fasciam solve: multum mali sub illa latet,

    Sen. Ep. 80 fin.; so of a diadem, Suet. Caes. 79:

    puero fasciis opus est, cunis, incunabulis,

    i. e. swaddling-cloths, Plaut. Truc. 5, 13:

    somniasse se, ovum pendere ex fascia lecti sui cubicularis,

    a bed-girth, Cic. Div. 2, 65, 134; Mart. 5, 62, 5; 14, 159:

    uvas sole siccatas junci fasciis involvit,

    bands of rushes, mats, Plin. 15, 17, 18, § 66: nitor, qualem Bruttia praestabat calidi tibi fascia visci, plaster, Juv. 9, 14.— Prov.: non es nostrae fasciae, i. e. of our rank or condition, Petr. 46.—
    II.
    Transf.
    * A.
    The casing of a door, Varr. ap. Non. 451, 20; and 86, 10.—
    * B.
    In archit., a wreath round a pillar, a listel, Vitr. 3, 3 med. —
    * C.
    A streak of cloud in the sky:

    nil color hic caeli, nil fascia nigra minatur,

    Juv. 14, 294.—
    * D.
    A zone of the earth:

    orbi terrae in quinque zonas, sive melius fascias dico, discernitur,

    Mart. Cap. 6, §§ 602, 607.

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  • 4 caestus

        caestus (not cestus), ūs, m    [caedo], a gauntlet, boxing-glove for pugilists, usu. a strap of bull's hide loaded with balls of lead or iron, wound around the hands and arms: pugiles caestibus contusi: manibus inducere caestūs, V.
    * * *
    I
    band supporting breasts (esp. girdle of Venus); girdle/belt/girth/strap
    II
    boxing-glove, strip of leather weighted with lead/iron tied to boxer's hands

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  • 5 cingula

        cingula ōrum, n    [cingo], a girdle, belt: aurea, V.: pueri, a sword-belt, V.—Of beasts, O.
    * * *
    belt; sword belt; sash, girdle; band; saddle-girth; collar (dog)

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  • 6 mēnsūra

        mēnsūra ae, f    [metior], a measuring, measurement: mensurae itinerum, Cs.: certae ex aquā mensurae, i. e. by the water-clock, Cs.: quicquid sub aurium mensuram aliquam cadat, numerus vocatur.— A measure, standard of measurement: cumulatiore mensurā uti: qui modus mensurae medimnus appellatur, N.: de mensurā ius dicere, Iu.— Measure, extent: roboris, girth, O.: parvā minor mensura lacertā est, size, O.: sed deerat pisci patinae mensura, was too small, Iu.: mensura censūs, fortune, Iu.—Fig., a limit, capacity, power, extent, degree: tibi dabitur mensura bibendi, O.: qui tanti mensuram nominis imples, i. e. art worthy of, O.: sui, i. e. capacity, Iu.
    * * *
    measure; length, area, capacity

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  • 7 modus

        modus ī, m    [3 MA-], a measure, extent, quantity: agri: numerum modumque carinis Praecipiant, V.: trunci, girth, O.: longo nullus lateri modus (sit), i. e. be the flank excessively long, V.— A proper measure, due measure: suus cuique (rei) modus est: modum haberi nullum placet, moderation: servare modum, V.: vox quasi extra modum absona, immoderately: cum lacus praeter modum crevisset, excessively: in dicendo: sine modo modestiāque, S.— A measure, rhythm, melody, harmony, time: vocum: fidibus Latinis Thebanos aptare modos, H.: saltare ad tibicinis modos, the music of the flute, L.: modum Voce dabat remis, time, O.: verae numerosque modosque ediscere vitae, moral harmonies, H.— A measure, bound, limit, end, restriction: sumptūs Cotidianos fieri nec fieri modum, T.: lubidini modum facere, S.: modum aliquem et finem orationi facere, bounds: cum modum irae nullum faceret, L.: modum transire: modum Exit, O.: modum lugendi aliquando facere, make an end.—A way, manner, mode, method, fashion, style: Sine meo me vivere modo, T.: oratoris modo mandata deferre, as an ambassador, Cs.: vitae, way of life: id quibus modis adsequeretur, i. e. by what means, S.: Haud ignara modi, i. e. well knowing how, V.: si quis modus (est), i. e. if it is possible, V.: servorum modo, like slaves, L.: mirum in modum, wonderfully, Cs.: ad hunc modum distributis legionibus, thus, Cs.: si humano modo peccasset, after the manner of men: multa Carneadeo more et modo disputata: apis Matinae More modoque, H.: tali modo, in such wise, N.: nullo modo, by no means: omni modo egi cum rege, in every way, i. e. urgently: omnibus modis miser sum, every way, T.: laudare miris modis, extravagantly, L.: modis inolescere miris, wondrously, V.: eum tibi commendo in maiorem modum, very greatly: Nec modus inserere atque oculos imponere simplex, V.—In genit. with eius or cuius: eius modi, of that sort, of such a kind, such (often written eiusmodi): in eius modi casu, Cs.: eius modi litteras misit: cuiusque modi genus hominum, S.: cuius modi, of what sort: cuicuimodi, of what sort soever: huius modi casūs, such, Cs.: illius modi, of that kind.
    * * *
    manner, mode, way, method; rule, rhythm, beat, measure, size; bound, limit

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  • 8 caestos

    band supporting breasts (esp. girdle of Venus); girdle/belt/girth/strap

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  • 9 cestos

    band supporting breasts (esp. girdle of Venus); girdle/belt/girth/strap

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  • 10 cingulum

    belt; sword belt; sash, girdle; band; saddle-girth; collar (dog)

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  • 11 fascia

    bandage, band, girdle, girth.

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  • 12 cestos

    1.
    cestus ( caest-) or - ŏs, i, m., = kestos (lit. stitched, embroidered; hence, subst.; cf. Lidd. and Scott under kestos), a girdle, tie, belt, girth, strap, Cato, R. R. 25 Schneid. N. cr.; Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 6.—Particularly, the girdle of Venus, Mart. 6, 138; 6, 14; 14, 206 sq.; Serv. ad Verg. A. 5, 69.
    2.
    cestus = caestus, a boxer ' s glove; v. caestus.

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  • 13 cestus

    1.
    cestus ( caest-) or - ŏs, i, m., = kestos (lit. stitched, embroidered; hence, subst.; cf. Lidd. and Scott under kestos), a girdle, tie, belt, girth, strap, Cato, R. R. 25 Schneid. N. cr.; Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 6.—Particularly, the girdle of Venus, Mart. 6, 138; 6, 14; 14, 206 sq.; Serv. ad Verg. A. 5, 69.
    2.
    cestus = caestus, a boxer ' s glove; v. caestus.

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  • 14 Cingula saxa

    1.
    cingŭlum, i, n. (access. form cin-gulus, i, m, and cingŭla, ae, f.; v. infra, cf cingulum hominum generis neutri est, nam animailum feminino genere dicimus has cingulas, Isid. Orig 20, 16, 4; Serv. ad Verg A. 9, 360) [cingo, cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 114 Müll.].
    I. A.
    For persons; mostly for women.
    (α).
    Cingulum, Varr L. L. 5, § 114 Müll.; id. ap. Non. p 47, 27; Claud. Fesc. 11, 37:

    cingulo,

    Petr. 21, 2.—More freq. in plur., cingula, Verg. A. 1, 492; 9, 360; 12, 942; Val. Fl. 6, 471; a money belt, Just Nov 12, 1; a sword-belt, Verg. A. 12, 942.—Hence, meton., soldiership, military service, Cod Just. 7, 38, 1; 12, 17, 3—Of the bride ' s girdle: cingulo nova nupta praecingebatur, quod vir in lecto solvebat, Paul ex Fest. P. 63 Müll.—
    (β).
    Cingula, ae, Titin. ap. Non p 536, 19; Ov. A. A. 3, 444 dub. (Merk, lingula).—
    B.
    For animals: cingula, ae, a girth, belt, Ov R. Am 236; Calp. Ecl. 6, 41; plur. abl. cingulis, Flor 2, 18, 14.—
    II.
    Meton., a girdle of the earth, a zone: cingulus, i, * Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 21; Macr. S. Somn. Scip. 2, 5, 7.
    2.
    Cingŭlum, i, n., a small town in Picenum, now Cingulo, Caes. B. C. 1, 15; Cic. Att. 7, 11, 1; also Cingŭla saxa, Sil. 10, 34, its inhabitants were called Cin-gŭlāni, Plin. 3, 13, 18, § 111.—Also adj.: Cingūlānus ager, Front. Colon. p. 121 Goes.

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  • 15 Cingulani

    1.
    cingŭlum, i, n. (access. form cin-gulus, i, m, and cingŭla, ae, f.; v. infra, cf cingulum hominum generis neutri est, nam animailum feminino genere dicimus has cingulas, Isid. Orig 20, 16, 4; Serv. ad Verg A. 9, 360) [cingo, cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 114 Müll.].
    I. A.
    For persons; mostly for women.
    (α).
    Cingulum, Varr L. L. 5, § 114 Müll.; id. ap. Non. p 47, 27; Claud. Fesc. 11, 37:

    cingulo,

    Petr. 21, 2.—More freq. in plur., cingula, Verg. A. 1, 492; 9, 360; 12, 942; Val. Fl. 6, 471; a money belt, Just Nov 12, 1; a sword-belt, Verg. A. 12, 942.—Hence, meton., soldiership, military service, Cod Just. 7, 38, 1; 12, 17, 3—Of the bride ' s girdle: cingulo nova nupta praecingebatur, quod vir in lecto solvebat, Paul ex Fest. P. 63 Müll.—
    (β).
    Cingula, ae, Titin. ap. Non p 536, 19; Ov. A. A. 3, 444 dub. (Merk, lingula).—
    B.
    For animals: cingula, ae, a girth, belt, Ov R. Am 236; Calp. Ecl. 6, 41; plur. abl. cingulis, Flor 2, 18, 14.—
    II.
    Meton., a girdle of the earth, a zone: cingulus, i, * Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 21; Macr. S. Somn. Scip. 2, 5, 7.
    2.
    Cingŭlum, i, n., a small town in Picenum, now Cingulo, Caes. B. C. 1, 15; Cic. Att. 7, 11, 1; also Cingŭla saxa, Sil. 10, 34, its inhabitants were called Cin-gŭlāni, Plin. 3, 13, 18, § 111.—Also adj.: Cingūlānus ager, Front. Colon. p. 121 Goes.

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  • 16 Cingulanus

    1.
    cingŭlum, i, n. (access. form cin-gulus, i, m, and cingŭla, ae, f.; v. infra, cf cingulum hominum generis neutri est, nam animailum feminino genere dicimus has cingulas, Isid. Orig 20, 16, 4; Serv. ad Verg A. 9, 360) [cingo, cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 114 Müll.].
    I. A.
    For persons; mostly for women.
    (α).
    Cingulum, Varr L. L. 5, § 114 Müll.; id. ap. Non. p 47, 27; Claud. Fesc. 11, 37:

    cingulo,

    Petr. 21, 2.—More freq. in plur., cingula, Verg. A. 1, 492; 9, 360; 12, 942; Val. Fl. 6, 471; a money belt, Just Nov 12, 1; a sword-belt, Verg. A. 12, 942.—Hence, meton., soldiership, military service, Cod Just. 7, 38, 1; 12, 17, 3—Of the bride ' s girdle: cingulo nova nupta praecingebatur, quod vir in lecto solvebat, Paul ex Fest. P. 63 Müll.—
    (β).
    Cingula, ae, Titin. ap. Non p 536, 19; Ov. A. A. 3, 444 dub. (Merk, lingula).—
    B.
    For animals: cingula, ae, a girth, belt, Ov R. Am 236; Calp. Ecl. 6, 41; plur. abl. cingulis, Flor 2, 18, 14.—
    II.
    Meton., a girdle of the earth, a zone: cingulus, i, * Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 21; Macr. S. Somn. Scip. 2, 5, 7.
    2.
    Cingŭlum, i, n., a small town in Picenum, now Cingulo, Caes. B. C. 1, 15; Cic. Att. 7, 11, 1; also Cingŭla saxa, Sil. 10, 34, its inhabitants were called Cin-gŭlāni, Plin. 3, 13, 18, § 111.—Also adj.: Cingūlānus ager, Front. Colon. p. 121 Goes.

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  • 17 Cingulum

    1.
    cingŭlum, i, n. (access. form cin-gulus, i, m, and cingŭla, ae, f.; v. infra, cf cingulum hominum generis neutri est, nam animailum feminino genere dicimus has cingulas, Isid. Orig 20, 16, 4; Serv. ad Verg A. 9, 360) [cingo, cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 114 Müll.].
    I. A.
    For persons; mostly for women.
    (α).
    Cingulum, Varr L. L. 5, § 114 Müll.; id. ap. Non. p 47, 27; Claud. Fesc. 11, 37:

    cingulo,

    Petr. 21, 2.—More freq. in plur., cingula, Verg. A. 1, 492; 9, 360; 12, 942; Val. Fl. 6, 471; a money belt, Just Nov 12, 1; a sword-belt, Verg. A. 12, 942.—Hence, meton., soldiership, military service, Cod Just. 7, 38, 1; 12, 17, 3—Of the bride ' s girdle: cingulo nova nupta praecingebatur, quod vir in lecto solvebat, Paul ex Fest. P. 63 Müll.—
    (β).
    Cingula, ae, Titin. ap. Non p 536, 19; Ov. A. A. 3, 444 dub. (Merk, lingula).—
    B.
    For animals: cingula, ae, a girth, belt, Ov R. Am 236; Calp. Ecl. 6, 41; plur. abl. cingulis, Flor 2, 18, 14.—
    II.
    Meton., a girdle of the earth, a zone: cingulus, i, * Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 21; Macr. S. Somn. Scip. 2, 5, 7.
    2.
    Cingŭlum, i, n., a small town in Picenum, now Cingulo, Caes. B. C. 1, 15; Cic. Att. 7, 11, 1; also Cingŭla saxa, Sil. 10, 34, its inhabitants were called Cin-gŭlāni, Plin. 3, 13, 18, § 111.—Also adj.: Cingūlānus ager, Front. Colon. p. 121 Goes.

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  • 18 cingulum

    1.
    cingŭlum, i, n. (access. form cin-gulus, i, m, and cingŭla, ae, f.; v. infra, cf cingulum hominum generis neutri est, nam animailum feminino genere dicimus has cingulas, Isid. Orig 20, 16, 4; Serv. ad Verg A. 9, 360) [cingo, cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 114 Müll.].
    I. A.
    For persons; mostly for women.
    (α).
    Cingulum, Varr L. L. 5, § 114 Müll.; id. ap. Non. p 47, 27; Claud. Fesc. 11, 37:

    cingulo,

    Petr. 21, 2.—More freq. in plur., cingula, Verg. A. 1, 492; 9, 360; 12, 942; Val. Fl. 6, 471; a money belt, Just Nov 12, 1; a sword-belt, Verg. A. 12, 942.—Hence, meton., soldiership, military service, Cod Just. 7, 38, 1; 12, 17, 3—Of the bride ' s girdle: cingulo nova nupta praecingebatur, quod vir in lecto solvebat, Paul ex Fest. P. 63 Müll.—
    (β).
    Cingula, ae, Titin. ap. Non p 536, 19; Ov. A. A. 3, 444 dub. (Merk, lingula).—
    B.
    For animals: cingula, ae, a girth, belt, Ov R. Am 236; Calp. Ecl. 6, 41; plur. abl. cingulis, Flor 2, 18, 14.—
    II.
    Meton., a girdle of the earth, a zone: cingulus, i, * Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 21; Macr. S. Somn. Scip. 2, 5, 7.
    2.
    Cingŭlum, i, n., a small town in Picenum, now Cingulo, Caes. B. C. 1, 15; Cic. Att. 7, 11, 1; also Cingŭla saxa, Sil. 10, 34, its inhabitants were called Cin-gŭlāni, Plin. 3, 13, 18, § 111.—Also adj.: Cingūlānus ager, Front. Colon. p. 121 Goes.

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  • 19 cingulus

    1.
    cingŭlum, i, n. (access. form cin-gulus, i, m, and cingŭla, ae, f.; v. infra, cf cingulum hominum generis neutri est, nam animailum feminino genere dicimus has cingulas, Isid. Orig 20, 16, 4; Serv. ad Verg A. 9, 360) [cingo, cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 114 Müll.].
    I. A.
    For persons; mostly for women.
    (α).
    Cingulum, Varr L. L. 5, § 114 Müll.; id. ap. Non. p 47, 27; Claud. Fesc. 11, 37:

    cingulo,

    Petr. 21, 2.—More freq. in plur., cingula, Verg. A. 1, 492; 9, 360; 12, 942; Val. Fl. 6, 471; a money belt, Just Nov 12, 1; a sword-belt, Verg. A. 12, 942.—Hence, meton., soldiership, military service, Cod Just. 7, 38, 1; 12, 17, 3—Of the bride ' s girdle: cingulo nova nupta praecingebatur, quod vir in lecto solvebat, Paul ex Fest. P. 63 Müll.—
    (β).
    Cingula, ae, Titin. ap. Non p 536, 19; Ov. A. A. 3, 444 dub. (Merk, lingula).—
    B.
    For animals: cingula, ae, a girth, belt, Ov R. Am 236; Calp. Ecl. 6, 41; plur. abl. cingulis, Flor 2, 18, 14.—
    II.
    Meton., a girdle of the earth, a zone: cingulus, i, * Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 21; Macr. S. Somn. Scip. 2, 5, 7.
    2.
    Cingŭlum, i, n., a small town in Picenum, now Cingulo, Caes. B. C. 1, 15; Cic. Att. 7, 11, 1; also Cingŭla saxa, Sil. 10, 34, its inhabitants were called Cin-gŭlāni, Plin. 3, 13, 18, § 111.—Also adj.: Cingūlānus ager, Front. Colon. p. 121 Goes.

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  • 20 instita

    instĭta, ae, f. [insisto].
    I.
    The border or flounce (laid in several plaits) of a Roman lady ' s tunic ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    quarum subsutā talos tegit instita veste,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 29:

    longa,

    Ov. Am. 1, 32:

    nulla,

    i. e. no lady, id. ib. 2, 600.—
    II.
    A bandage, girth, Petr. 20; id. 97, 4; Scrib. Larg. 133; Stat. Th. 7, 654.

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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 (Cf. gird). Sense of measurement around an object first recorded 1640s …   Etymology dictionary

  • girth — The measurement around the thickest part of a mailpiece …   Glossary of postal terms

  • girth — ► NOUN 1) the measurement around the middle of something, especially a person s waist. 2) a band attached to a saddle and fastened around a horse s belly. ORIGIN Old Norse …   English terms dictionary

  • girth — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse gjǫrth; akin to Old English gyrdan to gird Date: 13th century 1. a band or strap that encircles the body of an animal to fasten something (as a saddle) on its back 2. a. a measure around a body …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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