as in belt
a strip of flexible material (as leather) worn around the waist
wrapped a cincture around the dress as a stylish accessory
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Recent Examples of cincture
Vestments: amice, alb, cincture, and simple white miter.
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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
Other designers have followed suit, as well: For Spring 2018 Men’s, Prada used the hyper-functional cincture for a double-belt styling moment.
—Alexandra Gurvitch, Vogue, 21 Aug. 2017
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
Other designers have followed suit, as well: For Spring 2018 Men’s, Prada used the hyper-functional cincture for a double-belt styling moment.
—Alexandra Gurvitch, Vogue, 21 Aug. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cincture
Noun
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Pair some dark brown boots with tall black socks and a chunky belt (or two) to accentuate the color contrast.—
Abby Morgan Lebet,
Glamour,
5 Sep. 2025
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From fighter to far-right figurehead McGregor, one of the UFC’s most famous stars, became the first fighter to hold two of the championship’s belts simultaneously in November 2016 and holds a 22-6 career record.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Leni walked the carpet in a black version of the gown, but without the sash across her body and with straps.—
Lori A Bashian,
FOXNews.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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Natalia's graduation sash also included her father's sheath logo on the top left.—
Natasha Dye,
People.com,
19 Aug. 2025
Noun
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On the flip side, some influencers have posted images of them wearing Skims' retro girdle as a sole outfit, subverting the 1950s connotation of undergarments as visible only to one's husband, said Einav Rabinovitch-Fox, professor of gender at Case Western Reserve University.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
10 July 2025
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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
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Nestled along Tresco’s eastern shore, Pentle Bay unfurls a ribbon of powder-white sand kissed by the Gulf Stream.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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This includes the purple flowers wrapped in black tissue and ribbon that Sharon Osbourne and their children left at the Black Sabbath bench.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Cincture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cincture. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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