gird 
巻く、締める、(…を)体に巻く、着ける、身にまとう、帯で締め(て着)る、用意をする、気を引き締める、取り巻く、包囲する
(v.) to encircle as with a belt, especially in preparation for action
例文
She girded herself up with an apron and attacked the preparation of a barbecue for forty people.
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