† cenglen.
Obsolete. rare.
A girdle.
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girdlec1000
seynta1350
ceintec1386
senturea1400
love-lacec1400
girdinga1425
cinglec1430
seynturec1460
cenglea1492
waist1550
waist-girdle1553
centure1562
zone1608
cummerbund1616
cincture1667
waist-belt1672
centurine1696
faja1841
ceinture1856
crios1899
a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. xv. f. xix/1 Gyrde with one cengle..He made cengles, & couerynges of leues of palme wouen after the custome of the countree.
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