girding
Strapping on armor
Girding is the act of fastening something around oneself, especially a belt or sword, in preparation for action.
The word appears most often in the phrase gird your loins, which originally meant tucking up loose robes into a belt to allow free movement, and now serves as an idiomatic way to say prepare yourself for something difficult or unpleasant.
The company is girding for a hostile takeover attempt.
Making prepared beforehand
- preparingMaking ready beforehand
- bracingRefreshingly keen or stimulating
- steelingMentally preparing oneself
- armingProviding with weapons
equipping · marshaling · mustering · mobilizing · fortifying · psyching · nerving · summoning
Firmness of purpose
- courageFortitude facing danger
- resolveFirmness of purpose
- strengthPower to exert force
- enduranceSustained effort capacity
effort · exertion · stamina · grit · fortitude · perseverance · tenacity · willpower
Strap securing trousers
- sashWaist-worn cloth strip
- cinctureEncircling band or belt
- bandGroup playing music together
- cordFlexible twisted strand
rope · waistband · cinch · cummerbund · obi · wrap · binding · enclosing
readying
Making prepared beforehand
- preparingMaking ready beforehand
- bracingRefreshingly keen or stimulating
- steelingMentally preparing oneself
arming · equipping · marshaling · mustering · mobilizing · fortifying · psyching · nerving · summoning · gathering
determination
Firmness of purpose
endurance · effort · exertion · stamina · grit · fortitude · perseverance · tenacity · willpower · resilience
belt
Strap securing trousers
cord · rope · waistband · cinch · cummerbund · obi · wrap · binding · enclosing · surrounding
breastplate
Metal torso protection
hauberk · greaves · gauntlets · helmet · vambraces · pauldrons · gorget · brigandine · arming · donning
reinforce
Add strength to something
- strengthenMake more robust
- bolsterStrengthen or buttress
- buttressArchitectural wall reinforcement
brace · secure · consolidate · shore · steel · harden · toughen · empower · nerve · prepare
- preparationprepare, preparing, ready, readies, readiness
- Medieval Ritesknighting, dubbing, homage, fealty, investiture
- constructionconstruction site, building site, hammer, building, beam
- getting readyget ready, readying, be prepared, equipping, gear up
- outfittingequipping, fitting out, kitting out, outfitting, gearing up
- knighting ritualsdubbing, kneeling, accolade, investiture
girdingloosening
Reducing tightness or tension
unfastening · unbuckling · untying · releasing · unbinding
girdingsurrendering
Ceasing to resist
capitulating · giving up · relaxing · standing down · disarming
girdingopening
Gap or start
exposing · uncovering · laying bare · freeing · releasing
girth, girdle, gird, girder, girdled, girded, girds, girt, ungirt