Girth

Noun

 * 1) The distance measured around an object.
 * 2) A band passed under the belly of an animal to hold various types of saddles in place.

Adjectives for Girth
generous; broad; immense; cumbersome; muscular; spanless; bountiful.

Synonyms for Girth
circumference, cinch, size, perimeter, outline, boundary, measure, dimensions, corpulence.

Thesaurus
ambit, amplitude, anchor, anklet, area, armlet, back band, backstrap, band, bandage, bar, barrette, bearing rein, bellyband, belt, bend, bigness, bind, bind up, binding, binding stone, binding twine, bit, blinders, blinds, bobby pin, body, bollard, bolt, bonder, bondstone, border, box hook, brace, bracelet, braces, brad, braid, breadth, breeching, bridle, buckle, bulk, bundle, button, cable, caliber, caparison, carpet tack, catch, cavesson, cestus, chain, checkrein, cheekpiece, chinband, cinch, cincture, cingulum, circuit, circumference, clamp, clasp, cleat, click, clinch, clip, clothespin, collar, collarband, corking pin, cotter, coverage, crownband, crupper, cummerbund, curb, depth, diameter, dimension, dimensions, do up, dowel, earring, ecliptic, equator, expanse, expansion, extension, extent, fascia, fibula, fillet, finger ring, fishhook, funiculus, gag swivel, garter, gauge, gird, girdle, girt, grab, grapnel, grappler, grappling iron, great circle, greatness, guy, hackamore, hairpin, halter, hames, hametugs, hank, harness, hasp, hawser, haywire, headgear, headstall, height, hip straps, hitch, hitching post, holdfast, hook, hook and eye, hoop, horn, inkle, interlocker, jaquima, jerk line, jockey, kevel, kingpin, lace, lacing, largeness, lariat, lash, latch, latchet, leader, leash, length, ligament, line, lines, lock, loop, magnitude, martingale, mass, measure, measurement, moorings, nail, neckband, necklace, noose, nose ring, noseband, nut, padlock, paper clip, pawl, peg, perimeter, periphery, pin, pintle, pole strap, pommel, proportion, proportions, quoit, radius, range, reach, reins, ribbons, ring, rivet, roller, rope, saddle, safety pin, scale, scope, screw, seal, sennit, setscrew, shaft tug, side check, size, skewer, slide fastener, snaffle, snap, snubbing post, spike, splice, spread, staple, stirrup, strap, string, strop, stub tenon, surcingle, suspenders, swaddle, swathe, tack, tackle, tag, tendon, terret, thole, tholepin, thong, thumbtack, tie, tie beam, tie up, toggle, trappings, treenail, truss, tug, twine, vise, volume, waistband, whang, width, winker braces, wire, wrap, wrap up, wristband, wristlet, yoke, zipper, zodiac, zone

Etymology
gjǫrð: (whence the Icelandic gjörð:), akin to Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰:.

Translations

 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * French:
 * German: Umfang
 * Hebrew: היקף (hekef)
 * Hungarian:


 * Macedonian: обем
 * Norwegian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * German: Sattelgurt
 * Icelandic: gjörð, söðulgjörð
 * Macedonian: колан за седло


 * Norwegian: salgjord
 * Polish: popręg
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: sadelgjord, gjord

Anagrams

 * grith
 * right