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# girth

«girth» in Mova's school dictionary: **the strap that goes under its belly to hold the saddle on** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (girths)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The girth of a horse is the strap that goes under its belly to hold the saddle on. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/girth/#m2)

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «girth» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/girth/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.