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Meanings of girt about in English

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Usage of girt about in English
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Set on Siptitz's heights was Daun's camp, girt about by intrenchments.
With Frederick the Great: A Story of the Seven Years' War
2
He placed the ring upon his finger, and the girdle he girt about his body.
French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France
3
They were girt about the middle with cloth of bright colors, sometimes with variegated shawls.
An Introduction to the mortuary customs of the North American In...
4
And his good sword Joyeuse was girt about him.
Young Folks' Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) / Myths and Legendary He...
5
Svantevit was a horrid monster with four heads, and girt about with a huge sword.
Hero Tales of the Far North
6
Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth and having on the breastplate of justice:
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, New Testament
7
She rose up stiffly, as if she had but one joint, so girt about was she.
Madelon: A Novel
8
All greatness is mysterious, and like God's throne, genius is girt about with clouds and darkness.
The Investment of Influence: A Study of Social Sympathy and Serv...
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Are his loins girt about with truth?
Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03
10
She was clothed with splendour of the sea, crowned, and shod, and girt about the loins, with gold.
The History of Sir Richard Calmady: A Romance
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He was an old man, clad in a short tunic, ragged of hem and girt about him with a rope.
The City of Delight: A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerus...
12
He is robed and girt about the legs with hosen, the arms bare, and all the rest after the antique fashion.
The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti
13
Give him your garments and ask him in exchange for his camel-hair turban and the coarse cloth girt about his loins.
Balthasar and Other Works - 1909
14
They are dressed like men, except that they always have their robes girt about them, which extend down to the knee.
Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 03
15
Northward opened a broad scope of lake level, girt about with tremendous peaks whose lower slopes were banked with thick forest.
Big Timber: A Story of the Northwest
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In those days Copenhagen was girt about with great earthen walls, and there were beautiful walks up there under the old lindens.
The Making of an American
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