girth

n. length around something, circumference; strap which holds a saddle in place; belt, girdle

A girth is also a piece of equipment used to hold the saddle on a horse.Girth is the circumference of a cylindrical object.Girth is sometimes used by postal services and delivery companies as basis for pricing. For example (for at least one delivery company), if you have a box to ship, it has three dimensions: length (the longest side) and height and width. The girth in this case is 2 * (height + width). Girth is the measurement you get when you wrap a tape measure all the way around the box (its two smallest dimensions).
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Noun
1. the distance around a person's body
(hypernym) circumference, perimeter
(hyponym) spread
2. stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place
(synonym) cinch
(hypernym) stable gear, saddlery, tack
(part-holonym) harness
(derivation) cinch
Verb
1. encircle or bind; "Trees girded the green fields"
(synonym) girt, begird, gird
(hypernym) surround, environ, encircle, circle, round, ring
2. tie a cinch around; "cinch horses"
(synonym) cinch
(hypernym) fasten, fix, secure
(derivation) cinch

(v. t.)
To bind as with a girth.
  

(n.)
The measure round the body, as at the waist or belly; the circumference of anything.
  

(n.)
A small horizontal brace or girder.
  

(n.)
A band or strap which encircles the body; especially, one by which a saddle is fastened upon the back of a horse.
  

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