cingle
See also: cinglé
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French cengle (Modern French sangle), from Late Latin cingula, from Latin cingulum (“girdle”), from cingere (“to gird”). Doublet of cinch.
Pronunciation
Noun
cingle (plural cingles)
- A kind of belt or other girdle.
- 1990, Guy Davenport, The Drummer of the Eleventh North Devonshire Fusiliers:
- A triangle of arcs, her slip, flag red, and her friend with a swimmer’s back and saucery hollows in his solidly boxed buttocks was cupped into a gauze pouch and cingle.
- 1990, Guy Davenport, The Drummer of the Eleventh North Devonshire Fusiliers:
French
Verb
cingle
- first-person singular present indicative of cingler
- third-person singular present indicative of cingler
- first-person singular present subjunctive of cingler
- third-person singular present subjunctive of cingler
- second-person singular imperative of cingler
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Spanish
Verb
cingle
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