cincture

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Etymology

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From Latin cinctūra. Cognate with Spanish cintura (waist). Doublet of ceinture.

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Noun

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cincture (plural cinctures)

  1. An enclosure, or the act of enclosing, encircling or encompassing
  2. A girdle or belt, especially as part of a vestment
  3. (architecture) The fillet, listel, or band next to the apophyge at the extremity of the shaft of a column.

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Verb

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cincture (third-person singular simple present cinctures, present participle cincturing, simple past and past participle cinctured)

  1. To encircle, or surround.
  2. (viniculture) To girdle (stunt or kill by cutting).

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Latin

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Participle

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cīnctūre

  1. vocative masculine singular of cīnctūrus