Cincture

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cincture \Cinc"ture\, n. [L. cinctura, fr. cingere, cinctum, to
     gird.]
     1. A belt, a girdle, or something worn round the body, -- as
        by an ecclesiastic for confining the alb.
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     2. That which encompasses or incloses; an inclosure. "Within
        the cincture of one wall." --Bacon.
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     3. (Arch.) The fillet, listel, or band next to the apophyge
        at the extremity of the shaft of a column.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cincture
       n : a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt
           or trousers [syn: {girdle}, {sash}, {waistband}, {waistcloth}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  78 Moby Thesaurus words for "cincture":
     anklet, arena, armlet, band, begird, belt, bracelet, cingulum,
     circling, circumambience, circumambiency, circumcincture,
     circumflexion, circumjacence, circumposition, close, collar,
     collarband, confine, container, containment, coop, court,
     courtyard, curtilage, delimited field, earring, ecliptic,
     embracement, encincture, encirclement, enclave, enclosure,
     encompassment, enfoldment, engird, envelopment, environment,
     equator, fascia, field, fillet, finger ring, fold, gird, girding,
     girdle, girdling, girt, girth, great circle, ground, hoop,
     inclusion, involvement, list, neckband, necklace, nose ring, pale,
     paling, park, pen, quad, quadrangle, quoit, ring, sash, square,
     surrounding, theater, toft, waistband, wristband, wristlet, yard,
     zodiac, zone