Definition of "cinctures" [cinctures]

• Plural form of cincture. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cincture. (verb)

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• "One loop of this substance is drawn under each foot, and returns up either side of the leg to a cincture, with which it is united; these cinctures are connected by divers straps down the breast and back, in order to divide the weight."
• "IN their black robes and red cinctures, members of the St Laurence Gregorian Schola look like they have stepped from the set of the Sean Connery movie The Name of the Rose."
• "Altar boys see the hands that were once bandaged wrapping large elaborate bandages all around the priest's consecrated body before it approaches the altar — layer on layer of anachronistic clothing that cinctures, insulates, and turns the man into an object entirely set apart from daily use."