Definitions for "Girt"
A horizontal structural member that is attached to side wall or end wall columns and supports paneling.
Secondary horizontal member attached to the mainframe columns. Girts normally support wall panels.
one of the horizontal braces between the legs of a derrick.
Keywords:  gird, encircle, imp, girdle, tree
imp. & p. p. of Gird.
To gird; to encircle; to invest by means of a girdle; to measure the girth of; as, to girt a tree.
encircle or bind; "Trees girded the green fields"
Keywords:  moored, tide, anchors, swings, bound
Bound by a cable; -- used of a vessel so moored by two anchors that she swings against one of the cables by force of the current or tide.
Supports the second floor joist in two-story construction.
Same as Girth.