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cinctures

cinctures is the plural of cincture.

cinctures is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cincture.

Meaning of cincture

Noun

cincture (plural cinctures)

  1. An enclosure, or the act of enclosing, encircling or encompassing
  2. A girdle or belt, especially as part of a vestment
    • In one, dated eighteen years ago, he appeared, wearing only sandals and a cincture of vine leaves, between two classical garden statues.1988, Alan Hollinghurst, The Swimming-Pool Library, paperback edition, London: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 161
  3. The fillet, listel, or band next to the apophyge at the extremity of the shaft of a column.

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Questions about cinctures

What is cinctures the plural of?
Cinctures is the plural of cincture.

Words near cinctures in the dictionary

  1. cinctans
  2. cinctoblastula
  3. cinctoblastulas
  4. cincture
  5. cinctured
  6. cinctures
  7. cincturing
  8. Cincy
  9. cinder
  10. cinder block
  11. cinder blocks

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