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Cincture - What does it mean?

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cincture

English

Noun

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

    • See also

    * ("cincture" on Wikipedia)

    Verb

    (cinctur)
  • to girdle, circle or surround

    • Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.