Definition of girted:
(v) :
To gird.
(v) :
To bind horizontally, as with a belt or girdle.
(n) :
A horizontal structural member of post and beam architecture, typically attached to bridge two or more vertical members such as corner posts.
(v) :
To measure the girth of.
(adj) :
(nautical) 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.
(v) :
(nautical) to capsize because of forces in the cable attaching it to another vessel.