Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cincture"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
2. That which encompasses or incloses; an inclosure. ``Within
the cincture of one wall.'' --Bacon.
3. (Arch.) The fillet, listel, or band next to the apophyge
at the extremity of the shaft of a column.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cincture
n : a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt
or trousers [syn: {girdle}, {sash}, {waistband}, {waistcloth}]
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