Cincture definition

sĭngkchər

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The act of encircling or encompassing.

noun

Something that encircles or surrounds.

noun

A belt or sash, especially one worn with an ecclesiastical vestment or the habit of a monk or nun.

noun

To gird; encompass.

verb

The act of encircling or girding.

noun

Anything that encircles, as a belt or sash for the waist.

noun

noun

A girdle or belt, especially as part of a vestment.

noun

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

noun

To girdle, circle, or surround.

verb

Other Word Forms

Singular:

cincture

Plural:

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.

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