cincture : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: cincture	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for cincture
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cincture n a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers Synonym(s): girdle, cincture, sash, waistband, waistcloth
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. 2. That which encompasses or incloses; an inclosure. [bd]Within the cincture of one wall.[b8] --Bacon. 3. (Arch.) The fillet, listel, or band next to the apophyge at the extremity of the shaft of a column.