Girth

1Sense 1. A band or strap which encircles the body; especially, one by which a saddle is fastened upon the back of a horse.

2Sense 2. The measure round the body, as at the waist or belly; the circumference of any thing.

He's a lusty, jolly fellow, that lives well, at least three yards in the girth. Addison.

3Sense 3. A small horizontal beam or girder. [Local, U. S.]

v. t. To bind or fasten with a girth; to girt; to gird. [Rare.] Johnson.