girding Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb prepare oneself for a military confrontation
    build up; gird; fortify; arm.
    • The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East
    • troops are building up on the Iraqi border
  2. verb put a girdle on or around
    girdle; gird.
    • gird your loins
  3. verb bind with something round or circular
    encircle; gird.

WordNet

Gird"ing noun
Definitions
  1. That with which one is girded; a girdle.
    Instead of a stomacher, a girding of sackcloth. Is. iii. 24.

Webster 1913