cincture

 
Pronunciation: /ˈsɪŋktʃə/

noun

  • 1 literary a girdle or belt: he put the cincture about his waist
  • 2 Architecture a ring at either end of a column shaft.

Origin:

late 16th century (in the sense 'encircling or enclosure'): from Latin cinctura, from cinct- 'encircled', from the verb cingere