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He bound his sandals on to his comely feet, girded his sword about his shoulders, and left his room looking like an immortal god.

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 Meanings and Examples of GIRD
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
gird
 v.  prepare oneself for a military confrontation
 v.  put a girdle on or around
Classic Sentence: (16 in 2 pages)
1  Preserve his army, put a bow of brass in the hands of those who have armed themselves in Thy Name, and gird their loins with strength for the fight.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 9: CHAPTER XVIII
2  Thereat I again gird on my sword, and fitting my left arm into the clasps of the shield, strode forth of the palace.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK SECOND
3  He bound his sandals on to his comely feet, girded his sword about his shoulder, and left his room looking like an immortal god.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK II
4  He bound his sandals on to his comely feet, girded his sword about his shoulders, and left his room looking like an immortal god.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK IV
5  As he spoke he made a sign with his eyebrows, and Telemachus girded on his sword, grasped his spear, and stood armed beside his father's seat.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XXI
6  As he spoke he girded on his armour.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XXIII
7  d'Artagnan the elder girded his own sword round his son, kissed him tenderly on both cheeks, and gave him his benediction.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 1 THE THREE PRESENTS OF D'ARTAGNAN THE ELDER
8  He said nothing; he only girded on his sword, wrapped himself in his cloak, and went straight to Buckingham Palace.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 57 MEANS FOR CLASSICAL TRAGEDY
9  Athos then arose from his chair, girded on his sword, enveloped himself in his cloak, and left the hotel.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 64 THE MAN IN THE RED CLOAK
10  An officer was placing two soldiers at the door of each drawing-room, and was advancing towards Danglars, preceded by a commissary of police, girded with his scarf.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 96. The Contract.
11  And he girded himself to walk down the world.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In XII
12  So in this vale of Death, God girds us round; and over all our gloom, the sun of Righteousness still shines a beacon and a hope.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 99. The Doubloon.
13  One snatches a helmet hurriedly from his house, another backs his neighing horses into the yoke; and arrays himself in shield and mail-coat triple-linked with gold, and girds on his trusty sword.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK SEVENTH
14  And the traveller girds himself, and sets his face toward the Morning, and goes his way.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In XIV
15  "Dat ain needer hyah no dar," countered Mammy, girding herself for combat.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
Example Sentence:
1  He girded himself with armour for the battle.
2  Europe's finest golfers are girding their loins for the challenge of the Ryder Cup.
3  With audiences in the US falling for the first time in a generation, Hollywood is girding itself for recession.