Both Uses of
girth
in
Anna Karenina
- Vronsky slipped his finger under the saddle-girth.†
Part 2 *
- He would have said that Ivan had pulled the saddle-girth up too high, but that was like blame, and he longed for friendly, warm talk.†
Part 8
Definition:
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(girth) the distance around something such as a body or a tree
or:
a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place