Cincture

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sɪŋk.ʃə/
• Rhymes: -ɪŋktʃə

Origin

Latin cinctura.

Full definition of cincture

Noun

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

Verb

1. to girdle, circle, or surround