Cincture Definition

sĭngkchər
cinctures
noun
cinctures
The act of encircling or girding.
Webster's New World
Something that encircles or surrounds.
American Heritage
Anything that encircles, as a belt or sash for the waist.
Webster's New World

(architecture) The fillet, listel, or band next to the apophyge at the extremity of the shaft of a column.

Wiktionary
verb
To gird; encompass.
American Heritage

To girdle, circle, or surround.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Cincture

Noun

Singular:
cincture
Plural:
cinctures

Origin of Cincture

  • Latin cīnctūra from cīnctus past participle of cingere to gird kenk- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin cinctura.

    From Wiktionary

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