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Width; girth; spec. (Geography) = latitude, n. 4b.
Circumference; girth. Obsolete.
Measurement round the circumference of any object, of which the section is approximately circular, as the human body, the trunk of a tree, etc.
= girth, n. 3. Also, in technical use, measurement across or around a surface which is not flat (e.g. a moulded cornice) taking into account all…
Girth, or measurement round about.