ceinture
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of ceinture
< French; Old French ceingture < Latin cinctūra; see cincture
Example Sentences
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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 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
These refugees are being shunted on to the chemin de fer de la ceinture and proceed around the city to other stations, from which they are transported towards the south.
From Paris War Days Diary of an American by Barnard, Charles Inman
The railway to Bonn and the Upper Rhine now follows the line of the ceinture of the new inner fortifications, and on this section there are three city stations in addition to the central.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various
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