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Cincture   Listen
noun
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. "Within the cincture of one wall."
3.
(Arch.) The fillet, listel, or band next to the apophyge at the extremity of the shaft of a column.





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Words linked to "Cincture" :   girdle, waistband, cummerbund


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