cincture
IPA: sˈɪŋktʃɝ
noun
- An enclosure, or the act of enclosing, encircling or encompassing
- A girdle or belt, especially as part of a vestment
- (architecture) The fillet, listel, or band next to the apophyge at the extremity of the shaft of a column.
verb
- To encircle, or surround.
- (viniculture) To girdle (stunt or kill by cutting).
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Examples of "cincture" in Sentences
- They could do a white strife unvaried with a yellow cincture couldnt they?
- Their strife unvaried looks similar, usually with a wider cincture as a diagonal line.
- Some kind of cincture, we may further note, is included in almost every form of religious or ecclesiastical costume.
- The Passions are sung by three deacons, dressed in amice, alb, cincture, maniple and diaconal stole; they are not the major ministers of the Mass itself.
- Essendon Bombers, formed in Melbourne, Victoria, have regularly had a red cincture from a left shoulder to a right hip upon their black tops as good as striped socks.
- Richmond Tigers, formed in Melbourne, Victoria, have been good well good well good well known for their black unvaried with a yellow cincture from a left shoulder to a right hip.
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