ceinture

American  

[san-toor, -tyoor, san-cher, san-tyr] / sænˈtʊər, -ˈtyʊər, ˈsæn tʃər, sɛ̃ˈtür /

noun

plural

ceintures

1. cincture.

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Etymology

Origin of ceinture

< French; Old French ceingture < Latin cinctūra; see cincture

Example Sentences

Ushers were surprisingly courteous, refused in the main the few tips offered, moved with a vicarious sanctity, hoped thereby for condonation for sins committed, planned or guarded against by a wilful ceinture de chastité.

From Time Magazine Archive

The inner ceinture of walls was razed in 1891 and their site is now occupied by new streets.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various

The ceinture was also composed of brilliants, emeralds and sapphires. 

From Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign by Ashton, John

The French of which is as follows:—   Mes pas, loin de ma Lisette,   S'éloiguent du Calinda;   Et ma ceinture à sonnette   Languit sur mon bamboula.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 65, March, 1863 by Various

K K is the Egg or Echinus; L is the Axis of the Volutes; M M is the ceinture of the lateral part of the Volutes.

From An Abridgment of the Architecture of Vitruvius Containing a System of the Whole Works of that Author by Perrault, Claude