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Loch vs Girth - What's the difference?

loch | girth |

As nouns the difference between loch and girth

is that loch is hole while girth is the distance measured around an object.

As a verb girth is

to bind as if with a girth or band.

loch

English

(wikipedia loch)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) loch.

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Scotland) A lake.
  • (Scotland) A bay or arm of the sea.
    • Derived terms
    * sea loch

    Related terms

    * (diminutive)
    Synonyms
    (lake) * lake
    Hyponyms
    (sea inlet) * bay * firth * fjord * estuary * sea loch * strait

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) looch, from (etyl).

    Noun

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    girth

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The distance measured around an object.
  • A band passed under the belly of an animal to hold various types of saddles in place.
  • * '>citation
  • The part of an animal around which the girth fits.
  • (informal) One's waistline circumference, most often a large one.
  • * Addison
    • He's a lusty, jolly fellow, that lives well, at least three yards in the girth .
  • A small horizontal brace or girder.

    • Synonyms

    * circumference * cinch

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To bind as if with a girth or band.
    • (Johnson)

    Anagrams

    * (l), (l)