Girth

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The girth of an object is the 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.^[1] 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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