Gird v. t. (past & past part. girt or girded; pres. part. girding) 1.To encircle or bind with any flexible band.
2.To make fast, as clothing, by binding with a cord, girdle, bandage, etc.
3.To surround; to encircle, or encompass. "That Nyseian isle, Girt with the River Triton."
4.To clothe; to swathe; to invest. "I girded thee about with fine linen." "The Son... appeared Girt with omnipotence."
5.To prepare; to make ready; to equip; as, to gird one's self for a contest. "Thou hast girded me with strength."
To gird on, to put on; to fasten around or to one securely, like a girdle; as, to gird on armor or a sword. "Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off."
To gird up, to bind tightly with a girdle; to support and strengthen, as with a girdle. "He girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab." "Gird up the loins of your mind."
Girt up; prepared or equipped, as for a journey or for work, in allusion to the ancient custom of gathering the long flowing garments into the girdle and tightening it before any exertion; hence, adjectively, eagerly or constantly active; strenuous; striving. "A severer, more girt-up way of living."
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