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单词 centure
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centuren.

Forms: 1500s senture, 1500s–1600s centure, 1600s center.
Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a borrowing from Italian. Perhaps a borrowing from Spanish. Perhaps a borrowing from French. Etymons: Italian cintura, centura, Spanish cintura, French ceinture.
Etymology: Origin uncertain. Probably < one or more of (i) Italian cintura, †centura (13th cent.), (ii) Spanish cintura (a1207), and (iii) Middle French ceinture ceinture n., all < classical Latin cinctūra cincture n.
Obsolete.
A belt or girdle; = cincture n. 3a.In quot. 1562 figurative (in medical context): a ‘belt’ or zone on the body created by the use of repercussives (see repercussive n.).
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > belt or sash > types of > worn around waist
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1562 W. Bullein Dial. Sorenes f. xijv, in Bulwarke of Defence Ye shall shutte and close vp the matter, within your senture [1579 centure], whiche of necessitie, ought to be despersed abroade, in the whole circuite.
a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iv. iii. 156 Now happy he, whose cloake and center can Hold out this tempest! View more context for this quotation
1624 A. Darcie tr. Originall of Idolatries xii. 51 The Stole, Ephod, Zone, or Centure [Fr. Ceinture].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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