Cincture

n.	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.
	3.	(Arch.) The fillet, listel, or band next to the apophyge at the extremity of the shaft of a column.

Noun

1.

cincture - a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers Synonyms: waistband, waistcloth, girdle, sash

anklet, arena, armlet, band, begird, belt, bracelet, cingulum, circling, circumambience, circumambiency, circumcincture, circumflexion, circumjacence, circumposition, close, collar, collarband, confine, container, containment, coop, court, courtyard, curtilage, delimited field, earring, ecliptic, embracement, encincture, encirclement, enclave, enclosure, encompassment, enfoldment, engird, envelopment, environment, equator, fascia, field, fillet, finger ring, fold, gird, girding, girdle, girdling, girt, girth, great circle, ground, hoop, inclusion, involvement, list, neckband, necklace, nose ring, pale, paling, park, pen, quad, quadrangle, quoit, ring, sash, square, surrounding, theater, toft, waistband, wristband, wristlet, yard, zodiac, zone

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