as in belt
a strip of flexible material (as leather) worn around the waist the designer's dresses typically are accessorized with eye-catching ceintures

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Recent Examples of ceinture The carnival is known in part for its mascot, Bonhomme, a snowman with a red hat, black buttons and the characteristic French Canadian ceinture fléchée, a type of sash. Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2024 Woven belt bags featuring a panoply of buckles date to the founding of the brand in 2021; earlier this year Larsson was invited by Gucci Continuum to collaborate with the brand and create her signature bag using the Italian brand’s ceintures. Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 18 Aug. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ceinture
Noun
  • Pixar, as a brand, has several franchises under its belt.
    Braedon Montgomery, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
  • In the new study, researchers sampled a different section of rock from the belt and estimated its age using the previous two dating techniques — measuring how one radioactive element decays into another over time.
    Adithi Ramakrishnan, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • Because of the sashes, Nina Lem’s Party surpassed its 2023 profits in merely one month.
    Ruth Etiesit Samuel, Essence, 4 June 2025
  • Wearing green sashes, the two men led the Green Movement, when millions protested for some six months.
    Robin Wright, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • He was granted approval to wear a small black ribbon instead.
    Ben Church, CNN Money, 4 July 2025
  • For those watching Detroit real estate development, get ready for more ribbon cuttings, grand openings, and a couple of big groundbreakings in 2025.
    JC Reindl, Freep.com, 3 July 2025
Noun
  • These products are different from maternity belts, which look more like a girdle and are meant to be worn during pregnancy to take some weight off your bump.
    Kathleen Felton, SELF, 6 May 2025
  • The old oil town, with its beige parking garages that form a girdle around nondescript towers in gray and black — Bank of Oklahoma, Cherokee Federal — was exactly the kind of American city that filled me with dread.
    Andrew Moore, New York Times, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • Vestments: amice, alb, cincture, and simple white miter.
    Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Apr. 2025
  • The institution has a lot of baggage, as any organization with nearly two millennia and a few crusades under its cincture is bound to have.
    J.P. Brammer, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2025

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“Ceinture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ceinture. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.

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