verb
- 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.