cincture

[singk-cher] /ˈsɪŋk tʃər/
noun
1.
a belt or girdle.
2.
something that surrounds or encompasses as a girdle does; a surrounding border:
The midnight sky had a cincture of stars.
3.
(on a classical column) a fillet at either end of a shaft, especially one at the lower end.
Compare orle (def 3b).
4.
the act of girding or encompassing.
verb (used with object), cinctured, cincturing.
5.
to gird with or as if with a cincture; encircle; encompass.
Origin
< Latin cinctūra, equivalent to cinct(us) (cinc-, variant stem of cingere to gird, cinch + -tus past participle suffix) + -ūra -ure
Related forms
uncinctured, adjective
British Dictionary definitions for cincture

cincture

/ˈsɪŋktʃə/
noun
1.
something that encircles or surrounds, esp a belt, girdle, or border
Word Origin
C16: from Latin cinctūra, from cingere to gird
Word Origin and History for 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).