prepare oneself for a military confrontation Protesters are girding for another police raid as several City Council members have called on protesters to leave. — Washington Post (Nov 11, 2011)

Old English gyrdan "put a belt or girdle around; encircle; bind with flexible material; invest with attributes," from Proto-Germanic *gurdjan (source also of Old Norse gyrða, Old Saxon gurdi [..]

secure with a belt

To fasten or bind.

 to gibe.

 a sarcasm or gibe.

(v) prepare oneself for a military confrontation(v) put a girdle on or around(v) bind with something round or circular

To gird with the sword. To raise to a peerage. It was the Saxon method of investiture to an earldom, continued after the Conquest. Thus, Richard I. “girded with the sword” Hugh de Pu [..]

To gird a ship is to prevent her from swinging to wind and tide. of a tug, to be towed broadside on through the water by her tow-rope.

To haul in or bind something together in order to create more space.

To haul in or bind something together in order to create more space.

To haul in or bind something together in order to create more space.

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