cincture
pronunciation
How to pronounce cincture in British English:
UK ['sɪŋktʃə]
How to pronounce cincture in American English:
US ['sɪŋktʃə]
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- Noun:
- a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers
Word Origin
- cincture
- cincture: see precinct
- cincture (n.)
- 1580s, from Latin cinctura "a girdle," from cinctus, past participle of cingere "to surround, encircle" (see cinch (n.)). The verb is recorded from 1757 (implied in Cinctured).
Example
- 1. Methods uses appropriate the trilobate set a broken bone armor plate , the trilobate cincture shoulder bone , somatic part fixation fracture far end , cure the shoulder bone chirurgery neck fracture .