Uh, loins?
that word isn't used much in English nowadays...
once in awhile you read about a loincloth, (a man diaper) but outside of those cheezy historical films, one rarely see these used nowadays.
More commonly the word is known to those of us who cook, as a"top loin steak" (yum).
but what does "gird" mean?
The dictionary say one definition is to encircle or use a belt. Aha! as in girdle (yes, ladies, I am old enough to have worn one of them in the Madmen days of yore).
but it has another meaning;
intransitive verb: to prepare for actionboth sides are girding for battlegird one's loins: to prepare for action : muster up one's resources
But how does one "gird one's loins"?
the art of manliness has instructions:
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