cincha

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician çinlla (attested since the 13th century), from Latin cingula.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθint͡ʃa̝/, (western) /ˈsint͡ʃa̝/

Noun

cincha f (plural cinchas)

  1. girth
    • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I. Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 112:
      Et tãto era o sangue dos mouros que y morrerõ que nadauã os caualos en el ata as çenllas.
      And so much was the blood of the Moors that died there that the horses swam in it till their girths

Derived terms

  • cincho (girdle, hoop, clamp)

References


Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *cingla, syncopated form of Latin cingula. Doublet of cencha. Cf. also the related cincho.

Noun

cincha f (plural cinchas)

  1. girth (for horses or similar animals)