Cincture
Pronunciation
- IPA: /sɪŋk.ʃə/
- Rhymes: -ɪŋktʃə
Origin
Latin cinctura.
Full definition of cincture
Noun
cincture
(plural cinctures)- 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 161In 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.