'Cincture' definitions:
Definition of 'cincture'
(from WordNet)
noun
A band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers [syn: girdle, cincture, sash, waistband, waistcloth]
Definition of 'Cincture'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'cincture'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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