Definition of "engird" []

• Archaic To encircle. (verb-transitive)

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• "The steersman,5 the boatswain, the lieutenant,6 the look-out-man at the prow, the shipright — these are the people who engird the city with power far rather than her heavy infantry7 and men of birth of quality."
• "The five on the left, engird all the sides, from the left flank outward: and therefore in arranging the companies, the pikemen ought to be placed so that they turn by that flank which in uncovered."
• "The steersman, (5) the boatswain, the lieutenant, (6) the look-out-man at the prow, the shipright -- these are the people who engird the city with power far rather than her heavy infantry (7) and men of birth of quality."