verb
- past tense and past participle of engird; to encircle, surround, or bind with or as if with a belt or band
Usage: literary or formal; archaic
Examples
- The fortress was engirded by a high stone wall.
- Mountains engirded the valley on all sides.
- She engirded her waist with a decorative sash.
- The city was engirded by defensive trenches.
- Ancient forests engirded the sacred temple.