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cincture

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cinc·ture  (sngkchr)
n.
1. The act of encircling or encompassing.
2.
a. Something that encircles or surrounds.
b. A belt or sash, especially one worn with an ecclesiastical vestment or the habit of a monk or nun.
tr.v. cinc·tured, cinc·tur·ing, cinc·tures
To gird; encompass.
[Latin cnctra, from cnctus, past participle of cingere, to gird; see kenk- in Indo-European roots.]
cincture
Noun
Literary something, such as a belt or girdle, that goes around another thing [Latin cingere to gird]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.cincturecincture - a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers
waistband, waistcloth, girdle, sash
band - a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body)
cummerbund - a broad pleated sash worn as formal dress with a tuxedo


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Their luxuriant locks, wound up and twisted into the smallest possible compass, were freed from the briny element; the whole person carefully dried, and from a little round shell that passed from hand to hand, anointed with a fragrant oil: their adornments were completed by passing a few loose folds of white tappa, in a modest cincture, around the waist.
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Such of late COLUMBUS found th' AMERICAN to girt With featherd Cincture, naked else and wilde Among the Trees on Iles and woodie Shores.
Paradise Lost by Milton, John View in context
He also wore armlets, and cinctures above the ankles, of the latter precious metal.
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