Meaning & use
Girt
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Encircled or bound, as with a belt or band; surrounded on all sides (archaic or literary).
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The ancient city was girt with high stone walls.
Australia is famously described in its national anthem as 'girt by sea.'
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An archaic past participle of 'gird,' now mostly encountered in literary or formal contexts, most famously in the Australian national anthem.
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girdedencircled
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