cincture

UK: /ˈsɪŋktʃə/ US: (singk′chər)

Inflections of 'cincture' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

cinctures

v 3rd person singular

cincturing

v pres p

cinctured

v past

cinctured

v past p

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

cinc•ture  (singk′chər), n., v., -tured, -tur•ing. 
n. 

1. a belt or girdle.
2. something that surrounds or encompasses as a girdle does;
   a surrounding border:
   The midnight sky had a cincture of stars.
3. Architecture (on a classical column) a fillet at either end of a shaft, esp. one at the lower end. Cf. orle (def. 3b).
4. the act of girding or encompassing.

v.t. 

5. to gird with or as if with a cincture;
   encircle;
   encompass.

• Latin cinctūra, equivalent. to cinct(us) (cinc-, variant stem of cingere to gird, cinch + -tus past participle suffix) + -ūra -ure

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

cincture / ˈsɪŋktʃə/ noun

1. something that encircles or surrounds, esp a belt, girdle, or border
   Also called: ceinture

Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin cinctūra, from cingere to gird