1. to encircle or gird about; to surround or enclose
Usage: archaic or literary; past tense and past participle of engird

Examples

• The fortress was engirt by high stone walls.
• Mountains engirt the valley on all sides.
• A moat engirt the castle, protecting it from invaders.
• The city was engirt with defensive fortifications.
• Thick forests engirt the ancient temple.