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Cincture
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (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." Bacon.
3. The fillet, listel, or band next to the apophyge at the extremity of the shaft of a column.