cincture
[noun]
Synonyms: belt, ceinture, girdle, sash, waistband
[verb]
Synonyms: belt, band, begird, begirdle, encincture, engird, engirdle, gird, girdle

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

cinc·ture (sĭngkchər)
n.
► The act of encircling or encompassing.
►
■ Something that encircles or surrounds.
■ A belt or sash, especially one worn with an ecclesiastical vestment or the habit of a monk or nun.
tr.v. cinc·tured, cinc·tur·ing, cinc·tures
To gird; encompass.

[TahlilGaran] American Dictionary ▲

cincture
[Latin cīnctra, from cīnctus, past participle of cingere, to gird. See kenk- in Indo-European Roots.]

[TahlilGaran] American Dictionary ▲