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2 definitions found 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. ``Within the cincture of one wall.'' --Bacon. 3. (Arch.) The fillet, listel, or band next to the apophyge at the extremity of the shaft of a column. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cincture n : a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers [syn: {girdle}, {sash}, {waistband}, {waistcloth}]
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