Definition of "girth" in English

noun

1. A band passed under the belly of an animal, which holds a saddle or a harness saddle in place.

2. The part of an animal around which the girth fits.

3. (informal) One's waistline circumference, most often a large one.

4. A small horizontal brace or girder.

5. The distance measured around an object; the circumference.

6. (graph theory) The length of the shortest cycle in a graph.

verb

1. To bind as if with a girth or band.