cincture
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin cinctūra. Cognate with Spanish cintura (“waist”). Doublet of ceinture.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /sɪŋk.t͡ʃɚ/
- Rhymes: -ɪŋktʃə(ɹ)
Noun edit
cincture (plural cinctures)
- An enclosure, or the act of enclosing, encircling or encompassing
- A girdle or belt, especially as part of a vestment
- 1988, Alan Hollinghurst, The Swimming-Pool Library, paperback edition, London: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 161:
- In one, dated eighteen years ago, he appeared, wearing only sandals and a cincture of vine leaves, between two classical garden statues.
- (architecture) The fillet, listel, or band next to the apophyge at the extremity of the shaft of a column.
Translations edit
an enclosure, or the act of enclosing, encircling or encompassing
girdle or belt
(architecture) the fillet, listel, or band next to the apophyge at the extremity of the shaft of a column
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Verb edit
cincture (third-person singular simple present cinctures, present participle cincturing, simple past and past participle cinctured)
Translations edit
Latin edit
Participle edit
cīnctūre