GIRTH

Girth

A girth, sometimes called a cinch, is a piece of equipment used to keep the saddle in place on a horse or other animal. It passes under the barrel of the equine, usually attached to the saddle on both sides by two or three leather straps called billets. Girths are used on Australian and English saddles, while western saddles and many pack saddles have a cinch, which is fastened to the saddle by a single wide leather strap on each side, called a latigo.

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girth

Noun

  1. The distance measured around an object.
  2. A band passed under the belly of an animal to hold various types of saddles in place.
  3. The part of an animal around which the girth fits.
  4. One's waistline circumference, most often a large one.
  5. A small horizontal brace or girder.

Verb

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


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