ceinture
Americannoun
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ceintures
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of ceinture
< French; Old French ceingture < Latin cinctūra; see cincture
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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
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 Charles Inman Barnard
The ceinture was also composed of brilliants, emeralds and sapphires.
From Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign by John Ashton
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
But the tramway that passes through the Place de la Concorde goes as far as Passy, and though I love the droll little chemin de fer de ceinture I love this tramway better.
From Memoirs of My Dead Life by George (George Augustus) Moore
None of them are strange, With socks of lace And beaded ceintures.
From Time Magazine Archive
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