- a belt or girdle.
- something that surrounds or encompasses as a girdle does; a surrounding border: The midnight sky had a cincture of stars.
- (on a classical column) a fillet at either end of a shaft, especially one at the lower end.
- the act of girding or encompassing.
- to gird with or as if with a cincture; encircle; encompass.
- something that encircles or surrounds, esp a belt, girdle, or border
