cincture
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English
Etymology
From Latin cinctūra. Cognate with Spanish cintura (“waist”). Doublet of ceinture.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɪŋk.t͡ʃɚ/
- Rhymes: -ɪŋktʃə(ɹ)
Noun
cincture (plural cinctures)
- An enclosure, or the act of enclosing, encircling or encompassing
- A girdle or belt, especially as part of a vestment
- 1988, Alan Hollinghurst, The Swimming-Pool Library, paperback edition, London: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 161:
- In one, dated eighteen years ago, he appeared, wearing only sandals and a cincture of vine leaves, between two classical garden statues.
- (architecture) The fillet, listel, or band next to the apophyge at the extremity of the shaft of a column.
Derived terms
Translations
an enclosure, or the act of enclosing, encircling or encompassing
girdle or belt
(architecture) the fillet, listel, or band next to the apophyge at the extremity of the shaft of a column
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Verb
cincture (third-person singular simple present cinctures, present participle cincturing, simple past and past participle cinctured)
Translations
Latin
Participle
cīnctūre