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† ˈdemiceint Obs.
Forms: 5–6 demycent, -sent, dymyceynt, -sent, dymisent, dymysen, -son.
[a. F. demi-ceint, demi-ceinct, ‘a halfe-girdle; a woman's girdle, whose forpart is of gold or siluer, and hinder of silke, &c.’ (Cotgr.); f. demi- half + OF. ceint:—L. cinctum girdle.]
A girdle having ornamental work only in the front.
1483in Arnolde Chron. (1811) 116 A dymysen with a red crosse harnossid with siluer wrought with golde. 1503Will of Tymperley (Somerset Ho.), A dymysent gyrdell of siluer & gilt. Ibid., A dymycent withoute any corse of siluer & gilt. c1524Churchw. Acc. St. Maryhill, London (Nichols 1797) 128 A demysent with a cheyne and a pommander and a pendent. 1538Bury Wills (1850) 136 My best harnysid gyrdyll of gold callyd a dymysent. 1543Nottingham Rec. III. 397 My dymyson gyrdylle and my coralle beydes. |