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† ceinte Obs. Also 4 seynt, 5 ceynte; also saint, sain, q.v. [a. OF. ceint, ceinct:—L. cinctus in same sense f. cingĕre to gird.] A girdle; the woven portion of a girdle.
c1340Cursor M. 793 (Add. MS.) Abowte hure myddel a seynt sche souȝt. c1386Chaucer Prol. 329 Girt with a ceint of silk with barres smale. 1413Lydg. Pilgr. Sowle v. v. (1859) 76 These Aungels ledden thre spirites whiche were..gyrd with ceyntes of gold. 1530Palsgr. 268/2 Seynt of a gyrdell, tissu. |