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cingle

/ˈsɪŋɡəl/

cingle noun: a kind of belt or other girdle.

Noun

cingle (plural cingles)

  1. A kind of belt or other girdle.
    • A triangle of arcs, her slip, flag red, and her friend with a swimmer’s back and saucery hollows in his solidly boxed buttocks was cupped into a gauze pouch and cingle.1990, Guy Davenport, The Drummer of the Eleventh North Devonshire Fusiliers

Forms of cingle

pluralcingles

Origin of cingle

From Middle English sengle, from Old French sengle, cengle (Modern French sangle), from Late Latin cingula, from Latin cingulum (“girdle”), from cingere (“to gird”). Doublet of cinch. Compare also Middle English kyngle, kyngll (“girdle, brooch”) from Old Norse kinga (“brooch”).

Words that rhyme with cingle

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Questions about cingle

What does cingle mean?
Cingle means a kind of belt or other girdle.
What part of speech is cingle?
Cingle is a noun.
How do you pronounce cingle?
Cingle is pronounced /ˈsɪŋɡəl/.
What is the plural of cingle?
The plural of cingle is cingles.

Words near cingle in the dictionary

  1. Cing
  2. Cingalese
  3. Cingcyuan
  4. Cinghal
  5. Cinghalese
  6. cingle
  7. cingles
  8. cingula
  9. cingular
  10. cingulatan
  11. cingulatans

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