To bind or encircle, as with a belt or cord.

• To fasten something around a person, place, or object.

To prepare oneself resolutely for effort, danger, or a task.

• To brace mentally or physically.

Nautical: Of a tug or towing vessel, to be pulled broadside by the towline, risking capsize.

The act or result of binding or encircling.

• A surrounding band or fastening.

Present participle and gerund of gird.