Girth

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To bind as with a girth.

II. Girth ·noun A small horizontal brace or girder.

III. Girth ·noun The measure round the body, as at the waist or belly; the circumference of anything.

IV. Girth ·noun A band or strap which encircles the body; especially, one by which a saddle is fastened upon the back of a horse.