Question

Read the adapted excerpt from "Araby" by James Joyce.

I could not find any sixpenny entrance and, fearing that the bazaar would be closed, I passed in quickly through a turnstile, handing a shilling to a weary-looking man. I found myself in a big hall girded at half its height by a gallery, surrounded by darkness in the greater part of the hall. Nearly all the stalls were closed.

Based on the context clues, which word best defines the word girded?

A.
encompassed
B.
shocked
C.
impinged
D.
overwhelmed

Answer 1

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