Definition of "girthing" []

• Present participle of girth. (verb)

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• "Castrato and charged him to do accordingly; so he replied, “I hear and I obey;” and he took his pages with him and went out in search of the Stoker till he found him in the rear of the caravan, girthing his ass and preparing for flight."
• "They left me, after girthing on their selles of corduwayne"
• "He was just girthing up old Bosun, and I was wrestling with Sirdar, who didn't want his crupper on."