verb
- to encircle or gird about; to surround or bind with a belt or band
Usage: archaic or literary; past tense: begirt or begirded; past participle: begirt or begirded
Examples
- The fortress was begirt by high stone walls.
- She begirt her waist with a golden cord.
- The city was begirt with defensive trenches.
- Mountains begirt the valley on all sides.
- He begirt himself with armor before battle.