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encincture

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[en-singk-cher] / ɛnˈsɪŋk tʃər /

verb (used with object)

encinctured, encincturing

  1. to gird or encompass with or as with a belt or girdle.

    A ring of hills encinctures the town.

Etymology

Origin of encincture

First recorded in 1805–15; en- 1 + cincture

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