cincture
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin cinctūra. Cognate with Spanish cintura (“waist”). Doublet of ceinture.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /sɪŋk.t͡ʃɚ/
- Rhymes: -ɪŋktʃə(ɹ)
Noun[edit]
cincture (plural cinctures)
- An enclosure, or the act of enclosing, encircling or encompassing
- A girdle or belt, especially as part of a vestment
- 1988, Alan Hollinghurst, The Swimming-Pool Library, paperback edition, London: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 161:
- In one, dated eighteen years ago, he appeared, wearing only sandals and a cincture of vine leaves, between two classical garden statues.
- (architecture) The fillet, listel, or band next to the apophyge at the extremity of the shaft of a column.
Translations[edit]
an enclosure, or the act of enclosing, encircling or encompassing
girdle or belt
(architecture) the fillet, listel, or band next to the apophyge at the extremity of the shaft of a column
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Verb[edit]
cincture (third-person singular simple present cinctures, present participle cincturing, simple past and past participle cinctured)
Translations[edit]
Latin[edit]
Participle[edit]
cīnctūre
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