Girth (disambiguation)

Girth (disambiguation)

The girth of an object is a measurement around it. It is sometimes used by postal services and delivery companies as a basis for pricing. For example, Canada Post requires that an item's length plus girth not exceed a maximum allowed value. [cite web
url = http://www.canadapost.ca/tools/pg/prices/CPcanada-e.asp
title = Canada
publisher = Canada Post
date = 2008-01-14
accessdate = 2008-03-13
] For a rectangular box, the girth is 2 * (height + width), i.e. the perimeter of a cross section perpendicular to its length.

Girth may also refer to:

* Girth (tack), a piece of equipment used to keep the saddle in place on a horse.
* Girth (graph theory), the length of a shortest cycle contained in a graph.
* "Girth (album)", 1997 album by heavy metal band Winters Bane

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