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单词 cincture
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cincturen.

/ˈsɪŋktjʊə/
Etymology: < Latin cinctūra girdle, < cinct- participial stem of cingĕre to gird: see -ure suffix1.
1.
a. A girding, encompassing, or encircling; enclosure, environment, compass, embrace, ‘girdle’.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > [noun]
girdingc1400
umbesetting1543
environing1586
engirting1599
circumtension1603
environment1603
cincture?1615
encompassing1629
encircling1632
begirding1641
circumsession1652
circumambience1720
circumscription1858
circumjacence1884
encirclement1919
?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) i. 32 He, That girds earth in the cincture of the sea.
1828 C. Lamb Blakesmoor in Elia 2nd Ser. 173 A yet securer cincture of..excluding garden walls.
1875 C. Merivale Gen. Hist. Rome i. 5 The seven hills were..united within the cincture of a single wall.
b. spec. cincture of sword: The girding on of a sword, as a ceremony of investiture with a dukedom or earldom. Obsolete.
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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > raising to noble rank > [noun] > investing with a rank or title
creation1425
investiture1549
cincture of sword1587
investure1825
1587 T. Churchyard Worthines of Wales sig. B4v By cincture of a Sword, we him ennoble reallie.
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 249 He..by the cincture of a sword invested him in the said Earldome.
1667 Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1743) i. iii. iii. 163 A Duke is at this day created by Patent, anciently by cincture of sword.
2. concrete. An enclosure, enclosed area. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > [noun] > an enclosed space or place
lockOE
close1297
cloisterc1300
purseynta1325
clausurea1398
closinga1398
closera1400
blokc1400
procinct1422
parclosea1470
enterclose1480
enclose1483
closure1496
sept1548
enclosure1552
shut1605
cincture1627
precinct1774
encincture1849
zariba1885
1627 M. Drayton Shepheards Sirena in Battaile Agincourt 149 Nor flower is so sweete In this large Cincture.
3. concrete. That which encircles or encompasses.
a. spec. A girdle or belt for the waist. (Mostly poetic, or in reference to ancient times.)
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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
girdlec1000
seynta1350
ceintec1386
senturea1400
love-lacec1400
girdinga1425
cinglec1430
seynturec1460
cenglea1492
waist1550
waist-girdle1553
centure1562
zone1608
cummerbund1616
cincture1667
waist-belt1672
centurine1696
faja1841
ceinture1856
crios1899
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 1117 Th' American so girt With featherd Cincture, naked else and wilde. View more context for this quotation
1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. iv. 251 To draw the arrow from his cincture.
1815 W. Wordsworth White Doe of Rylstone vii. 114 Her dress (A vest, with woollen cincture tied, A hood of mountain-wool undyed) Is homely.
1853 N. Wiseman Ess. iii. 387 The alb and cincture which any minister could wear in a church of London or Bristol.
1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. vii. xxv. 485 Augustus..in the semi-nude cincture of a divinity.
b. Architecture. ‘The ring, list, or fillet at the top and bottom of a column, which divides the shaft from the capital and base’ (Gwilt).
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [noun] > parts at junction of shaft and capital
hypotrachelium1563
frieze1569
neck1624
neckstone?1662
gorgerin1664
collarino1688
cincture1696
gorge1706
colarin1728
collar1728
necking1798
neck moulding1818
bell-stone1851
neck-mould1851
throat1919
1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) (at cited word) In Building, the Cincture is that part which makes the middle of the Baluster of the Ionick Order.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The Cincture is suppos'd to be an Imitation of the Girts, or Ferrils, antiently us'd to strengthen and preserve the primitive wooden Columns.
c. gen. Anything that encompasses, as a band, fillet, ring, halo, etc.; an environment; a surrounding border or belt.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > [noun] > that which surrounds
circumscription1578
skirt1617
circumference1643
recinct1654
circumplexion1660
circumambient1682
cincture1715
cordon1792
circus1817
clasp1867
girth1871
circumcincture1884
1715 tr. G. Panciroli Hist. Memorable Things Lost I. iv. v. 165 [A] Diadem..was a white Cincture, encircling the Heads both of Kings and Queens.
1855 E. Smedley et al. Occult Sci. 361 This golden cincture [a wedding-ring].
1859 J. Hedderwick Lays Mid. Age 81 O that her cincture were thy seeking arms.
1861 A. Beresford-Hope Eng. Cathedral of 19th Cent. 112 The chevet has a cincture of nine chapels.
1876 W. E. Gladstone Homeric Synchronism 12 At various points on the cincture of the Mediterranean Sea.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

cincturev.

/ˈsɪŋktjʊə/
Etymology: < cincture n.
transitive. To girdle, gird; to encircle, encompass, surround.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > surround or lie around [verb (transitive)]
befong971
beclipc1000
begoc1000
belieOE
bestandc1000
to go about ——OE
umbegangc1200
behema1250
befallc1275
berunc1275
girdc1290
bihalvena1300
umlapa1300
umlaya1300
umlouka1300
umbegoc1300
belayc1320
halsea1340
enclose1340
umbelapa1350
embracec1360
betrendc1374
circlec1374
umbecasta1375
to give about1382
environa1393
umbeclipa1395
compassa1400
encircle?a1400
enourle?a1400
umbegivea1400
umbeseta1400
umbeliec1400
umbetighc1400
enroundc1420
measurec1425
umbsteadc1450
adviron?1473
purprise1481
umbeviron1489
belta1500
girtha1500
overgirda1500
engirt15..
envirea1513
round?a1513
brace1513
umbereach1513
becompass1520
circuea1533
girtc1540
umbsetc1540
circule1553
encompass1555
circulate?a1560
ingyre1568
to do about1571
engird1573
circumdate1578
succinge1578
employ1579
circuate1581
girdle1582
wheel1582
circumgyre1583
enring1589
ringa1592
embail1593
enfold1596
invier1596
stem1596
circumcingle1599
ingert1599
engirdle1602
circulize1603
circumscribe1605
begirt1608
to go round1610
enwheela1616
surround1616
shingle1621
encirculize1624
circumviron1632
beround1643
orba1644
circumference1646
becircle1648
incircuitc1650
circumcinge1657
circumtend1684
besiege1686
cincture1789
zone1795
cravat1814
encincture1820
circumvent1824
begirdle1837
perambulate1863
cordon1891
1789 E. Darwin Bot. Garden: Pt. II 92 Twenty Priests..Cincture'd with ephods.
1831 Fraser's Mag. 3 181 The fire, whose bright etherial ray Cinctures with immortality the soul.
1872 J. S. Blackie Lays of Highlands 8 A..barren Country Cinctured by the ocean grey.
1875 H. W. Longfellow Pandora 1 Thus her hair was cinctured.

Derivatives

ˈcinctured adj. girdled.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > [adjective] > surrounded
purseynta1400
umberunc1440
circumdate1460
cinct?a1475
succinct?a1475
circledc1540
circumferat1575
circumscript1610
environed1610
encircled1632
precinct1641
circumcinct1656
cinctured1757
begirt1791
begirdled1813
compassed1860
surrounded1891
1757 T. Gray Ode I ii. ii, in Odes 8 Their feather-cinctured Chiefs.
1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. v. 1018 His cinctured waist.
1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands I. 33 Long cinctured robes.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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