cincture Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers
    girdle; waistband; sash; waistcloth.

WordNet

Cinc"ture noun
Etymology
L. cinctura, fr. cingere, cinctum, to gird.
Definitions
  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. (Arch.) The fillet, listel, or band next to the apophyge at the extremity of the shaft of a column.

Webster 1913