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1. (n.) cincture
a belt or girdle.
2. cincture
something that surrounds or encompasses, as a surrounding border.
3. cincture
the act of girding or encompassing.
4. (v.t.) cincture
to gird with or as if with a cincture; encircle; encompass.
Etymology: (1580–90; < L cinctūra=cinct(us), ptp. of cingere to gird, cinch+-ūra -ure)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) girdle, cincture, sash, waistband, waistcloth
a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers
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1. (noun) cincture
a belt, a girdle, or something worn round the body, -- as by an ecclesiastic for confining the alb
2. (noun) cincture
that which encompasses or incloses; an inclosure
3. (noun) cincture
the fillet, listel, or band next to the apophyge at the extremity of the shaft of a column
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