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cincture
[ singk-cher ]
noun
- a belt or girdle.
- something that surrounds or encompasses as a girdle does; a surrounding border:
The midnight sky had a cincture of stars.
- (on a classical column) a fillet at either end of a shaft, especially one at the lower end. Compare orle ( def 3b ).
- the act of girding or encompassing.
verb (used with object)
- to gird with or as if with a cincture; encircle; encompass.
cincture
/ ˈɪŋʃə /
noun
- something that encircles or surrounds, esp a belt, girdle, or border
Other Word Forms
- ܲ·Գtܰ adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of cincture1
Example Sentences
The institution has a lot of baggage, as any organization with nearly two millennia and a few crusades under its cincture is bound to have.
Supplies, too, were running low, ranging from antibiotics and painkillers to bandages, cinctures and gloves, Cherry added.
Monsignor Charles Portelli, who was Pell’s master of ceremonies at the time of the offending, demonstrated to jurors how the cincture was tied around the waist.
Over his regular clothes, Pell would wear a full-length white robe called an alb that was tied around his waist with a rope-like cincture.
For the ceremony, the Pope wore the bloodstained cincture that Romero had been wearing when he was killed.
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