Definition of "cincture" [cinc•ture]

• The act of encircling or encompassing. (noun)
• Something that encircles or surrounds. (noun)
• A belt or sash, especially one worn with an ecclesiastical vestment or the habit of a monk or nun. (noun)
• To gird; encompass. (verb-transitive)

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• "Richmond Tigers, formed in Melbourne, Victoria, have been good well good well good well known for their black unvaried with a yellow cincture from a left shoulder to a right hip."
• "Essendon Bombers, formed in Melbourne, Victoria, have regularly had a red cincture from a left shoulder to a right hip upon their black tops as good as striped socks."
• "Some kind of cincture, we may further note, is included in almost every form of religious or ecclesiastical costume."