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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cinc•ture (singk′chər),USA pronunciation n., v., -tured, -tur•ing. n. - a belt or girdle.
- something that surrounds or encompasses as a girdle does;
a surrounding border:The midnight sky had a cincture of stars. - Architecture(on a classical column) a fillet at either end of a shaft, esp. one at the lower end. Cf. orle (def. 3b).
- the act of girding or encompassing.
v.t. - to gird with or as if with a cincture;
encircle;
encompass.
- Latin cinctūra, equivalent. to cinct(us) (cinc-, variant stem of cingere to gird, cinch + -tus past participle suffix) + -ūra -ure
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: cincture /ˈsɪŋktʃə/ n - something that encircles or surrounds, esp a belt, girdle, or border
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin cinctūra, from cingere to gird |