4 uses
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Definition
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
or:
a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place
- It was an enormous tree, its girth twice as great as a man could embrace, and evidently long ago some of its branches had been broken off and its bark scarred.Book Six — 1808-10 (2% in)
- The Cossacks were untying their horses and tightening their saddle girths.Book Fourteen — 1812 (57% in)
- The men rapidly picked out their horses in the semidarkness, tightened their saddle girths, and formed companies.Book Fourteen — 1812 (58% in)
- Denisov was angry with the Cossack because the saddle girths were too slack, reproved him, and mounted.Book Fourteen — 1812 (58% in)
There are no more uses of "girth" in War and Peace.
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