girths

Distances around middles

Girths is the plural of girth—the measurement around something's middle, especially a body or tree trunk.

A person of considerable girth has a large waistline.

In horseback riding, girths are the straps that secure a saddle by passing under the horse's belly: He tightened the girths before mounting.

equestrian

saddle

Mounted rider's seat

  • cinchGuaranteed easy thing
  • strapNarrow flexible binding material
  • buckleFrame-and-prong fastener

tightening · horse · belly band · billets · latigo · surcingle · riding · tack · harness · fastening

measurement

circumference

Circle's outer measurement

  • waistTorso's narrowest circumference
  • widthDistance across something
  • diameterDistance across through center

trunk · barrel · torso · midsection · belly · span · tape measure · inches · centimeters · chest

anatomy

belly

Front midsection

breadth · corpulence · rotundity · stoutness · portliness · thickness · bulk · mass · torso · barrel chest

Categories
Opposites
dimensional measurement

girthsheights

Vertical measurements or summits

lengths · depths · altitudes · elevations · spans

body proportion

girthsheights

Vertical measurements or summits

slenderness · thinness · narrowness · leanness · skinniness

Family

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