There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
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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