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[syn: girdle, cincture, sash, waistband, waistcloth]
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.
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2. That which encompasses or incloses; an inclosure. "Within
the cincture of one wall." --Bacon.
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3. (Arch.) The fillet, listel, or band next to the apophyge
at the extremity of the shaft of a column.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
cincture
n 1: a band of material around the waist that strengthens a
skirt or trousers [syn: girdle, cincture, sash,
waistband, waistcloth]
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