Gird
verb
To tightly wrap or secure something with a belt or band.
The soldier girded his waist with a sturdy leather belt.
Often appears as...
- gird one's waist
- gird with belt
verb
To prepare oneself for a challenge or difficult task.
She is girding herself for the forthcoming exam.
Often appears as...
- gird for battle
- gird oneself
verb
To tightly wrap or secure something with a belt or band.
The soldier girded his waist with a sturdy leather belt.
Often appears as...
- gird one's waist
- gird with belt
verb
To prepare oneself for a challenge or difficult task.
She is girding herself for the forthcoming exam.
Often appears as...
- gird for battle
- gird oneself
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Securing
Use 'gird' to describe wrapping for physical support or protection.
Before venturing into the wilderness, he girded his ankles with supports.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Context
Girding is often mentioned in historical or fantasy contexts, referencing armor or weapons.
Knights would gird their swords before a joust.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphoric Use
'Gird' can metaphorically suggest making oneself ready or secure.
They girded the team with the latest equipment.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Securing
Use 'gird' to describe wrapping for physical support or protection.
Before venturing into the wilderness, he girded his ankles with supports.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Context
Girding is often mentioned in historical or fantasy contexts, referencing armor or weapons.
Knights would gird their swords before a joust.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphoric Use
'Gird' can metaphorically suggest making oneself ready or secure.
They girded the team with the latest equipment.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Securing
Use 'gird' to describe wrapping for physical support or protection.
Before venturing into the wilderness, he girded his ankles with supports.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Context
Girding is often mentioned in historical or fantasy contexts, referencing armor or weapons.
Knights would gird their swords before a joust.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphoric Use
'Gird' can metaphorically suggest making oneself ready or secure.
They girded the team with the latest equipment.
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Quote examples
Jennifer Egan
American Novelist
If having a story that's compelling - you want to know what will happen - is traditional, then ultimately I am a traditionalist. That is what readers care about. It's what I care about as a reader. Now if I can have that along with a strong girding of ideas and some kind of exciting technical forays - then that is just the jackpot.
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Monty Don
English Celebrity
I use the period between Christmas and New Year to potter about, think and completely change my mindset. In that easy no-man's-land between Boxing Day and New Year, loins are girded and mettle readied. It is time, as we voyagers bid farewell to the old year, to fare forward.
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Hugh Dancy
British Actor
You can still have chemistry on screen without getting on with the person. But it just makes your job a lot easier if you don't have to gird your loins, if that's not quite the right phrase, every time you're going to do a scene with that person.
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Gord Downie
Canadian Musician
If you want to know what being Canadian is, it's being part of the human race, allowing yourself to be vulnerable, which has been scared off, warded away, girded against.
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Felicia Hemans
British Poet
Gird your hearts with silent fortitude, suffering yet hoping all things.
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John Lothrop Motley
American Historian
The whole territory of the Netherlands was girt with forests.
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Jennifer Egan
American Novelist
If having a story that's compelling - you want to know what will happen - is traditional, then ultimately I am a traditionalist. That is what readers care about. It's what I care about as a reader. Now if I can have that along with a strong girding of ideas and some kind of exciting technical forays - then that is just the jackpot.
Quote examples
Monty Don
English Celebrity
I use the period between Christmas and New Year to potter about, think and completely change my mindset. In that easy no-man's-land between Boxing Day and New Year, loins are girded and mettle readied. It is time, as we voyagers bid farewell to the old year, to fare forward.
Quote examples
Hugh Dancy
British Actor
You can still have chemistry on screen without getting on with the person. But it just makes your job a lot easier if you don't have to gird your loins, if that's not quite the right phrase, every time you're going to do a scene with that person.
Quote examples
Gord Downie
Canadian Musician
If you want to know what being Canadian is, it's being part of the human race, allowing yourself to be vulnerable, which has been scared off, warded away, girded against.
Quote examples
Felicia Hemans
British Poet
Gird your hearts with silent fortitude, suffering yet hoping all things.
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John Lothrop Motley
American Historian
The whole territory of the Netherlands was girt with forests.
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