CINCTURE

girdle, cincture, sash, waistband, waistcloth

(noun) a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

cincture (plural cinctures)

An enclosure, or the act of enclosing, encircling or encompassing

A girdle or belt, especially as part of a vestment

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

Verb

cincture (third-person singular simple present cinctures, present participle cincturing, simple past and past participle cinctured)

To encircle, or surround.

(viniculture) To girdle (stunt or kill by cutting).

Source: Wiktionary


Cinc"ture, n. Etym: [L. cinctura, fr. cingere, cinctum, to gird.]

1. A belt, a girdle, or something worn round the body, -- as by an ecclesiastic for confining the alb.

2. That which encompasses or incloses; an inclosure. "Within the cincture of one wall." Bacon.

3. (Arch.)

Definition: The fillet, listel, or band next to the apophyge at the extremity of the shaft of a column.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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