- cincture
[cincture 词源字典]
- cincture: see precinct
[cincture etymology, cincture origin, 英语词源] - 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).