German

Belt in a car

A man with a belt

Noun

Gurt m ‎(genitive Gurts or Gurtes, plural Gurte)

1. strap
2. belt (band used for safety purposes)

Declension

Synonyms

• Band
• Koppel
• Riemen

Derived terms

• Auffanggurt
• Sicherheitsgurt

Related terms

• gürten
• Gürtel

English

Noun

gurt ‎(plural gurts)

1. (mining) A gutter or channel for water, hewn out of the bottom of a working drift.

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Etymology 2

From great.

Alternative forms

• gert

Adjective

gurt

1. (Britain dialect, West Country) Eye dialect spelling of great.
   • 1842, The Sportsman, Volume VI: January to June, page 103,

     Zo ′e bought a slap-up rod and tackle, and, ev coose, a darn gurt book vull o′ vlies — talk′d about ketchin′ whackin′ trout, and me — ap a salmon the fust time.

   • 1845, Douglas Jerrold (editor), Shilling Magazine, Volume II: July to December, page 416,

     “That was the word,” said Farmer Forder. “Hav′n pocketed the tuppunce, the chap as show′d off the clock opened the case, and let me zee the works of ′un, and wonderful works they was : wheels within wheels, and all sorts o′ crinkum-crankums, like a gurt puzzle. […] ”

   • 1884, John Coker Egerton, Sussex Folk and Sussex Ways: Stray Studies in the Wealden Formation of Human Nature, page 27,

     “Well, Tom, where did those birds settle?”

     “Down there, sir, under that gurt oak-tree.”

     Not a bird, however, was to be found.