Found 3 hits - Term: cincture, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
1913 webster
2. that which encompasses or incloses; an inclosure. "within
the cincture of one wall." --bacon.
1913 webster
3. arch. the fillet, listel, or band next to the apophyge
at the extremity of the shaft of a column.
1913 webster
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
cincture
n : a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt
or trousers syn: girdle, sash, waistband, waistcloth
see also:
girdle sash waistband waistcloth
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
78 moby thesaurus words for "cincture":
anklet, arena, armlet, band, begird, belt, bracelet, cingulum,
circling, circumambience, circumambiency, circumcincture,
circumflexion, circumjacence, circumposition, close, collar,
collarband, confine, container, containment, coop, court,
courtyard, curtilage, delimited field, earring, ecliptic,
embracement, encincture, encirclement, enclave, enclosure,
encompassment, enfoldment, engird, envelopment, environment,
equator, fascia, field, fillet, finger ring, fold, gird, girding,
girdle, girdling, girt, girth, great circle, ground, hoop,
inclusion, involvement, list, neckband, necklace, nose ring, pale,
paling, park, pen, quad, quadrangle, quoit, ring, sash, square,
surrounding, theater, toft, waistband, wristband, wristlet, yard,
zodiac, zone
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