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cincture

Pronunciation: /ˈsɪŋktʃə/

Definition of cincture

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

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