girt

To gird.

To bind horizontally, as with a belt or girdle.

To measure the girth of.

to capsize because of forces in the cable attaching it to another vessel.

(Australia) (Of a country) To by surrounded by sea.

Bound by a cable; used of a vessel so moored by two anchors that she swings against one of the cables by force of the current or tide.

A horizontal structural member of post and beam architecture, typically attached to bridge two or more vertical members such as corner posts.