Girts

The tree "girts" eighteen and a half feet, and spreads over a hundred, and is a real beauty. ❋ Oliver Wendell Holmes (1851)

"girts" eighteen and a half feet, and spreads over a hundred, and is ❋ Oliver Wendell Holmes (1851)

And I bought me two bullocks, one of them to ride on, and the other to carry my victuals and prouision, for in that countrey they ride on bullocks with pannels, as we terme them, girts and bridles, and they haue a very good commodious pace. ❋ Unknown (2003)

They were all clad in fine long white albs, with two girts; their hair interwoven with narrow tape and purple ribbon, stuck with roses, gillyflowers, marjoram, daffadowndillies, thyme, and other sweet flowers. ❋ Unknown (2002)

He assumed his human form for a moment, so as to use his most familiar senses just in case the girts were near here. ❋ Anthony, Piers (1990)

When bents are up and temporarily braced, girts and braces are put into position. ❋ Tedd Benson (1980)

We were having a terrible time aligning the bents and getting proper fits on the girts before it was discovered the deck was out of level by over an inch from corner to corner. ❋ Tedd Benson (1980)

There are many ways to spread the bents when fitting the connecting girts. ❋ Tedd Benson (1980)

Both the timbers in the bent and the beams that connect bents—such as summer beams, joists, and girts—can be used to define the rooms in this manner. ❋ Tedd Benson (1980)

In the space of those few minutes, the bents were properly aligned, the girts tilted into a proper fit, and the frame went from disaster to one of the best we have done. ❋ Tedd Benson (1980)

Whatever inconsistencies that might exist in the sills and girders will be repeated again in the posts and girts placed on top of them. ❋ Tedd Benson (1980)

Its most common uses are for nonload-bearing girts and to lock posts to a plate and a sill. ❋ Tedd Benson (1980)