cincture

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/ ˈsɪŋk tʃər /

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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, cincture, cinder, cinder block, cinder concrete, cinder cone, cinder patch

Origin of cincture

< Latin cinctūra, equivalent to cinct(us) (cinc-, variant stem of cingere to gird, cinch¹ + -tus past participle suffix) + -ūra -ure

Related forms

un·cinc·tured, adjective

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Examples from the Web for cincture

Yet there is no other cincture which will so beautifully express the grace of a lithe young figure.
Kophetua the Thirteenth|Julian Corbett
He has not undressed, but has slept in his daily garb, with the cincture around his waist.
The Blue-Grass Region of Kentucky|James Lane Allen
Each of us were drawn by him, she with the cincture of Venus, and I with the crescent of Dian.
Ormond, Volume III (of 3)|Charles Brockden Brown
Yea, though every knight in the realm essayed to unfasten that cincture, it would not yield, except to one alone.
French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France|Marie de France

He stood unarmed, except for the knife and war-axe swinging from crimson-beaded sheaths at his cincture.
The Little Red Foot|Robert W. Chambers

British Dictionary definitions for cincture

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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