Girth /(gẽrth)/

Girth

n.
  1. A band or strap which encircles the body; especially, one by which a saddle is fastened upon the back of a horse.
  2. The measure around any object, such as a body at the waist or belly, or a box ; the circumference of anything; as, in order to be acceptable for mailing, the total of height and girth of a package must not exceed 63 inches.
    He's a lusty, jolly fellow, that lives well, at least three yards in the girth.
  3. A small horizontal brace or girder.

Girth

v. t.
  1. To bind as with a girth. [R.]