单词 | cincture |
释义 | cincturen. 1. a. A girding, encompassing, or encircling; enclosure, environment, compass, embrace, ‘girdle’. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > [noun] girdingc1400 umbesetting1543 environing1586 engirting1599 circumtension1603 environment1603 cincture?1615 encompassing1629 encircling1632 begirding1641 circumsession1652 circumambience1720 circumscription1858 circumjacence1884 encirclement1919 ?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) i. 32 He, That girds earth in the cincture of the sea. 1828 C. Lamb Blakesmoor in Elia 2nd Ser. 173 A yet securer cincture of..excluding garden walls. 1875 C. Merivale Gen. Hist. Rome i. 5 The seven hills were..united within the cincture of a single wall. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > raising to noble rank > [noun] > investing with a rank or title creation1425 investiture1549 cincture of sword1587 investure1825 1587 T. Churchyard Worthines of Wales sig. B4v By cincture of a Sword, we him ennoble reallie. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 249 He..by the cincture of a sword invested him in the said Earldome. 1667 Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1743) i. iii. iii. 163 A Duke is at this day created by Patent, anciently by cincture of sword. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > [noun] > an enclosed space or place lockOE close1297 cloisterc1300 purseynta1325 clausurea1398 closinga1398 closera1400 blokc1400 procinct1422 parclosea1470 enterclose1480 enclose1483 closure1496 sept1548 enclosure1552 shut1605 cincture1627 precinct1774 encincture1849 zariba1885 1627 M. Drayton Shepheards Sirena in Battaile Agincourt 149 Nor flower is so sweete In this large Cincture. 3. concrete. That which encircles or encompasses. a. spec. A girdle or belt for the waist. (Mostly poetic, or in reference to ancient times.) ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > belt or sash > types of > worn around waist girdlec1000 seynta1350 ceintec1386 senturea1400 love-lacec1400 girdinga1425 cinglec1430 seynturec1460 cenglea1492 waist1550 waist-girdle1553 centure1562 zone1608 cummerbund1616 cincture1667 waist-belt1672 centurine1696 faja1841 ceinture1856 crios1899 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 1117 Th' American so girt With featherd Cincture, naked else and wilde. View more context for this quotation 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. iv. 251 To draw the arrow from his cincture. 1815 W. Wordsworth White Doe of Rylstone vii. 114 Her dress (A vest, with woollen cincture tied, A hood of mountain-wool undyed) Is homely. 1853 N. Wiseman Ess. iii. 387 The alb and cincture which any minister could wear in a church of London or Bristol. 1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. vii. xxv. 485 Augustus..in the semi-nude cincture of a divinity. b. Architecture. ‘The ring, list, or fillet at the top and bottom of a column, which divides the shaft from the capital and base’ (Gwilt). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [noun] > parts at junction of shaft and capital hypotrachelium1563 frieze1569 neck1624 neckstone?1662 gorgerin1664 collarino1688 cincture1696 gorge1706 colarin1728 collar1728 necking1798 neck moulding1818 bell-stone1851 neck-mould1851 throat1919 1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) (at cited word) In Building, the Cincture is that part which makes the middle of the Baluster of the Ionick Order. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The Cincture is suppos'd to be an Imitation of the Girts, or Ferrils, antiently us'd to strengthen and preserve the primitive wooden Columns. c. gen. Anything that encompasses, as a band, fillet, ring, halo, etc.; an environment; a surrounding border or belt. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > [noun] > that which surrounds circumscription1578 skirt1617 circumference1643 recinct1654 circumplexion1660 circumambient1682 cincture1715 cordon1792 circus1817 clasp1867 girth1871 circumcincture1884 1715 tr. G. Panciroli Hist. Memorable Things Lost I. iv. v. 165 [A] Diadem..was a white Cincture, encircling the Heads both of Kings and Queens. 1855 E. Smedley et al. Occult Sci. 361 This golden cincture [a wedding-ring]. 1859 J. Hedderwick Lays Mid. Age 81 O that her cincture were thy seeking arms. 1861 A. Beresford-Hope Eng. Cathedral of 19th Cent. 112 The chevet has a cincture of nine chapels. 1876 W. E. Gladstone Homeric Synchronism 12 At various points on the cincture of the Mediterranean Sea. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021). cincturev. transitive. To girdle, gird; to encircle, encompass, surround. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > surround or lie around [verb (transitive)] befong971 beclipc1000 begoc1000 belieOE bestandc1000 to go about ——OE umbegangc1200 behema1250 befallc1275 berunc1275 girdc1290 bihalvena1300 umlapa1300 umlaya1300 umlouka1300 umbegoc1300 belayc1320 halsea1340 enclose1340 umbelapa1350 embracec1360 betrendc1374 circlec1374 umbecasta1375 to give about1382 environa1393 umbeclipa1395 compassa1400 encircle?a1400 enourle?a1400 umbegivea1400 umbeseta1400 umbeliec1400 umbetighc1400 enroundc1420 measurec1425 umbsteadc1450 adviron?1473 purprise1481 umbeviron1489 belta1500 girtha1500 overgirda1500 engirt15.. envirea1513 round?a1513 brace1513 umbereach1513 becompass1520 circuea1533 girtc1540 umbsetc1540 circule1553 encompass1555 circulate?a1560 ingyre1568 to do about1571 engird1573 circumdate1578 succinge1578 employ1579 circuate1581 girdle1582 wheel1582 circumgyre1583 enring1589 ringa1592 embail1593 enfold1596 invier1596 stem1596 circumcingle1599 ingert1599 engirdle1602 circulize1603 circumscribe1605 begirt1608 to go round1610 enwheela1616 surround1616 shingle1621 encirculize1624 circumviron1632 beround1643 orba1644 circumference1646 becircle1648 incircuitc1650 circumcinge1657 circumtend1684 besiege1686 cincture1789 zone1795 cravat1814 encincture1820 circumvent1824 begirdle1837 perambulate1863 cordon1891 1789 E. Darwin Bot. Garden: Pt. II 92 Twenty Priests..Cincture'd with ephods. 1831 Fraser's Mag. 3 181 The fire, whose bright etherial ray Cinctures with immortality the soul. 1872 J. S. Blackie Lays of Highlands 8 A..barren Country Cinctured by the ocean grey. 1875 H. W. Longfellow Pandora 1 Thus her hair was cinctured. Derivatives ˈcinctured adj. girdled. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > [adjective] > surrounded purseynta1400 umberunc1440 circumdate1460 cinct?a1475 succinct?a1475 circledc1540 circumferat1575 circumscript1610 environed1610 encircled1632 precinct1641 circumcinct1656 cinctured1757 begirt1791 begirdled1813 compassed1860 surrounded1891 1757 T. Gray Ode I ii. ii, in Odes 8 Their feather-cinctured Chiefs. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. v. 1018 His cinctured waist. 1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands I. 33 Long cinctured robes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1587v.1757 |
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