Actually, "to gird one's loins" originally meant to put on the accoutrement of war, the sword belt which hung low across the loins. I can't discover exactly how old it is, but I would suggest Anglo-Saxon or Norman. The meaning later drifted to the action itself. "Gird yourself for something." Now it just means, as has been said previously, to get ready to do something.


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