Another word for girth

girth Synonyms

girth

Measurement around the waist
circumference, distance around, bigness, compass, waist measure, expansion, size.
A band
strap, cinch, surcingle; see band 1.

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In length, with a basal girth of 24 in.
When full-grown the entire length of the animal is about 4 ft., and the girth 3 ft.
In Norway the tree, growing in dense forests, is generally of but moderate girth, and probably this pine nowhere reaches a greater size than in the Scottish woods; a plank from Glenmore forest measured nearly 51 ft.
In girth, called "the White Throne."
In girth at the level of a man's shoulder.

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