ALL meanings of cincture
cinc·ture
C c - noun cincture something that encircles or surrounds, esp a belt, girdle, or border 3
- noun cincture the act of encircling or girding 3
- noun cincture anything that encircles, as a belt 3
- noun cincture A girdle or belt. 1
- noun cincture a belt or girdle. 1
- noun cincture something that surrounds or encompasses as a girdle does; a surrounding border: The midnight sky had a cincture of stars. 1
- noun cincture (on a classical column) a fillet at either end of a shaft, especially one at the lower end. Compare orle (def 3b). 1
- noun cincture the act of girding or encompassing. 1
- verb with object cincture to gird with or as if with a cincture; encircle; encompass. 1
- noun cincture An enclosure, or the act of enclosing, encircling or encompassing. 0
- noun cincture A girdle or belt, especially as part of a vestment. 0
- noun cincture (architecture) The fillet, listel, or band next to the apophyge at the extremity of the shaft of a column. 0
- verb cincture to girdle, circle, or surround. 0