What is bound by a cable; -- used of a vessel so moored by two anchors that she swings against one of the cables by force of the current or tide called?
girt — Bound by a cable; -- used of a vessel so moored by two anchors that she swings against one of the cables by force of the current or tide. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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