cincture

English

Etymology

Latin cinctura.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sɪŋk.ʃə/
• Rhymes: -ɪŋktʃə

Noun

cincture (plural cinctures)

1. An enclosure, or the act of enclosing, encircling or encompassing
2. A girdle or belt, especially as part of a vestment
   • 1988, Alan Hollinghurst, The Swimming Pool Library, Penguin Books (1988), page 161

     In one, dated eighteen years ago, he appeared, wearing only sandals and a cincture of vine leaves, between two classical garden statues.

3. (architecture) The fillet, listel, or band next to the apophyge at the extremity of the shaft of a column.

Translations

girdle or belt

• Bulgarian: колан (bg) (kolan), пояс (bg) (pojas)

• Irish: crios (ga) m

See also

• Cincture on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

cincture (third-person singular simple present cinctures, present participle cincturing, simple past and past participle cinctured)

1. to girdle, circle, or surround

Translations

to girdle

• Bulgarian: опасвам (bg) (opasvam)

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Latin

Participle

cinctūre

1. vocative masculine singular of cinctūrus