cincture

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noun

a belt or girdle.

something that surrounds or encompasses as a girdle does; a surrounding border: The midnight sky had a cincture of stars.

(on a classical column) a fillet at either end of a shaft, especially one at the lower end.Compare orle (def. 3b).

the act of girding or encompassing.

verb (used with object), cinc·tured, cinc·tur·ing.

to gird with or as if with a cincture; encircle; encompass.

Origin of cincture

<Latin cinctūra, equivalent to cinct(us) (cinc-, variant stem of cingere to gird, cinch¹ + -tus past participle suffix) + -ūra-ure

OTHER WORDS FROM cincture

un·cinc·tured, adjective

Words nearby cincture

cinchonism, cinchonize, Cincinnati, Cincinnatus, Cinco de Mayo, cincture, cinder, cinder block, cinder concrete, cinder cone, cinder dick

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Example sentences from the Web for cincture

Yet there is no other cincture which will so beautifully express the grace of a lithe young figure.
Kophetua the Thirteenth|Julian Corbett
He has not undressed, but has slept in his daily garb, with the cincture around his waist.
The Blue-Grass Region of Kentucky|James Lane Allen
Each of us were drawn by him, she with the cincture of Venus, and I with the crescent of Dian.
Ormond, Volume III (of 3)|Charles Brockden Brown
Yea, though every knight in the realm essayed to unfasten that cincture, it would not yield, except to one alone.
French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France|Marie de France

He stood unarmed, except for the knife and war-axe swinging from crimson-beaded sheaths at his cincture.
The Little Red Foot|Robert W. Chambers

British Dictionary definitions for cincture

cincture

/ (ˈsɪŋktʃə) /

noun

something that encircles or surrounds, esp a belt, girdle, or border

Word Origin for cincture

C16: from Latin cinctūra, from cingere to gird

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	cincture
释义	cincture [ singk-cher ] / ˈsɪŋk tʃər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR cincture ON THESAURUS.COM noun a belt or girdle. something that surrounds or encompasses as a girdle does; a surrounding border: The midnight sky had a cincture of stars. (on a classical column) a fillet at either end of a shaft, especially one at the lower end.Compare orle (def. 3b). the act of girding or encompassing. verb (used with object), cinc·tured, cinc·tur·ing. to gird with or as if with a cincture; encircle; encompass. Origin of cincture <Latin cinctūra, equivalent to cinct(us) (cinc-, variant stem of cingere to gird, cinch¹ + -tus past participle suffix) + -ūra-ure OTHER WORDS FROM cincture un·cinc·tured, adjective Words nearby cincture cinchonism, cinchonize, Cincinnati, Cincinnatus, Cinco de Mayo, cincture, cinder, cinder block, cinder concrete, cinder cone, cinder dick Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for cincture Yet there is no other cincture which will so beautifully express the grace of a lithe young figure. Kophetua the Thirteenth\|Julian Corbett He has not undressed, but has slept in his daily garb, with the cincture around his waist. The Blue-Grass Region of Kentucky\|James Lane Allen Each of us were drawn by him, she with the cincture of Venus, and I with the crescent of Dian. Ormond, Volume III (of 3)\|Charles Brockden Brown Yea, though every knight in the realm essayed to unfasten that cincture, it would not yield, except to one alone. French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France\|Marie de France He stood unarmed, except for the knife and war-axe swinging from crimson-beaded sheaths at his cincture. The Little Red Foot\|Robert W. Chambers British Dictionary definitions for cincture cincture / (ˈsɪŋktʃə) / noun something that encircles or surrounds, esp a belt, girdle, or border Word Origin for cincture C16: from Latin cinctūra, from cingere to gird Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to cincture girdle, belt, collar, girth, enclosure, encircle, surrounding
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cincture

noun

verb (used with object), cinc·tured, cinc·tur·ing.

Origin of cincture

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Example sentences from the Web for cincture

British Dictionary definitions for cincture

noun

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