He was lean, his ropey muscles giving his spare frame girth.
What does this girth mean in this context? A small figure?
Merriam Webster said: a measure around a body.
So I think it's a small figure, isn't it? If so, Why it's not girth spare frame but spare frame girth?
Thank you in advance!
What The Wind Knows, Amy Harmon.
He was lean, his ropey muscles giving his spare frame girth.
It means a larger figure than it would be without the ropey muscles. Here, the word "giving" means "adding".
The word "girth" is used to mean the "measure around", but here it means a larger girth.
The word works like "weight". To give weight to something is to make it heavier or more serious.
