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Meanings of gird round in English

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Usage of gird round in English
1
But this is my solitude, that I am girded round with light.
Ecce homo (the autobiography of friedrich nietzsche)
2
The building was girded round by an absolutely gigantic bind-weed plant.
Metro 2034
3
The tunic was girded round the waist with a belt.
Ancient Rome : from the earliest times down to 476 A. D.
4
It was girded round by a belt of granite rocks, or by wide plains of sand.
American Institutions and Their Influence
5
With frowning forests girded round.
Blue Ridge Country
6
This marsh which breathes out the great stench girds round about the woeful city wherein now we cannot enter without anger.
The Divine Comedy, Volume 1, Hell
7
He girded round his loins a broad leathern belt, in which he stuck a dagger, which he did not wear habitually.
The Hated Son
8
Imagine a short old man, thin and spare, in a long black velvet gown girded round him by a thick silk cord.
The Magic Skin