[ˈsɪŋ(k)tʃə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a girdle or belt
(e.g: he put the cincture about his waist)

- a ring at either end of a column shaft


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Origin:
late 16th century (in the sense ‘encircling or enclosure’): from Latin cinctura, from cinct- ‘encircled’, from the verb cingere