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Definition of cincture in English: cincturenoun ˈsɪŋktʃəˈsɪŋ(k)tʃər 1literary A girdle or belt. 〈诗/文〉束带；腰带 he put the cincture about his waist Example sentencesExamples - These tight-fitting cinctures compress and support the abdominal and lower back region while you lift.
- Standing back, she saw that his right hand was bandaged, and that he wore a long farm-knife under the cincture of his red-stained tunic.
- I thought of our pilgrimages out of the city, the slow tide of traffic to the shore or family visits, a cincture of security and welcome girding the suburbs and beyond.
Synonyms belt, sash, strap, cummerbund, waistband, band, girth, cord, fillet 2Architecture
A ring at either end of a column shaft. 〔建筑〕（柱身两端的）环带 Example sentencesExamples - A cincture is also a feature of churches in the Hrvatsko Zagorje region.
- Separating the column from the base is the decorative cincture.
OriginLate 16th century (in the sense 'encircling or enclosure'): from Latin cinctura, from cinct- 'encircled', from the verb cingere. Definition of cincture in US English: cincturenounˈsɪŋ(k)tʃərˈsiNG(k)CHər 1literary A girdle or belt. 〈诗/文〉束带；腰带 he put the cincture about his waist Example sentencesExamples - These tight-fitting cinctures compress and support the abdominal and lower back region while you lift.
- I thought of our pilgrimages out of the city, the slow tide of traffic to the shore or family visits, a cincture of security and welcome girding the suburbs and beyond.
- Standing back, she saw that his right hand was bandaged, and that he wore a long farm-knife under the cincture of his red-stained tunic.
Synonyms belt, sash, strap, cummerbund, waistband, band, girth, cord, fillet 2Architecture
A ring at either end of a column shaft. 〔建筑〕（柱身两端的）环带 Example sentencesExamples - A cincture is also a feature of churches in the Hrvatsko Zagorje region.
- Separating the column from the base is the decorative cincture.
OriginLate 16th century (in the sense ‘encircling or enclosure’): from Latin cinctura, from cinct- ‘encircled’, from the verb cingere. |