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   cincture

   /ˈsɪŋktʃə/

   noun

   • 1. a girdle or belt: literary "he put the cincture about his waist"
   • 2. a ring at either end of a column shaft.

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

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