cincture
[ singk-cher ]
/ ˈsɪŋk tʃər /
noun
a belt or girdle.
something that surrounds or encompasses as a girdle does; a surrounding border: The midnight sky had a cincture of stars.
(on a classical column) a fillet at either end of a shaft, especially one at the lower end.Compare orle(def 3b).
the act of girding or encompassing.
verb (used with object), cinc·tured, cinc·tur·ing.
to gird with or as if with a cincture; encircle; encompass.
Nearby words
- cinchonism,
- cinchonize,
- cincinnati,
- cincinnatus,
- cinco de mayo,
- cinder,
- cinder block,
- cinder concrete,
- cinder cone,
- cinder patch
Origin of cincture
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cincture
/ (ˈsɪŋktʃə) /
noun
something that encircles or surrounds, esp a belt, girdle, or border
Word Origin for cincture
C16: from Latin cinctūra, from cingere to gird
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cincture
1580s, from Latin cinctura "a girdle," from cinctus, past participle of cingere "to surround, encircle" (see cinch (n.)). The verb is recorded from 1757 (implied in Cinctured).
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