girr Sc.
(gɪr)
[var. girth n.1]
A hoop for a barrel. Also, a child's hoop. Cf. gird n.1 2, girth n.1 2.
| 1611 in Glasgow Burgh Rec. (1876) I. 322 Na firlot to be sealit bot sik as hes yron girris about the mowth. 1796 Burns Cooper o' Cuddie, The cooper o' Cuddie cam here awa, And ca'd the girrs out owre us a'. 1821 Blackw. Mag. Aug. 35 Rowing girrs (rolling hoops) forms another healthy exercise to the boys of Edinburgh. 1887 J. Service Life Dr. Duguid xxix. 185, I was a happy wee callan caing the girr on the street. |
b. A hoop used to keep a pair of water-cans apart so that they may be more easily carried.
| 1832–53 A. A. Ritchie Whistle-Binkie (Scot. Songs) Ser. iii. 69 As our kimmer Nell, Wi' her stoups and her girr, was gaun down to the well [etc.]. |