Cincture

cincture
    n 1: a band of material around the waist that strengthens a
         skirt or trousers [syn: {girdle}, {cincture}, {sash},
         {waistband}, {waistcloth}]
    

Cincture \Cinc"ture\, n. [L. cinctura, fr. cingere, cinctum, to
   gird.]
   1. A belt, a girdle, or something worn round the body, -- as
      by an ecclesiastic for confining the alb.
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   2. That which encompasses or incloses; an inclosure. "Within
      the cincture of one wall." --Bacon.
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   3. (Arch.) The fillet, listel, or band next to the apophyge
      at the extremity of the shaft of a column.
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78 Moby Thesaurus words for "cincture":
      anklet, arena, armlet, band, begird, belt, bracelet, cingulum,
      circling, circumambience, circumambiency, circumcincture,
      circumflexion, circumjacence, circumposition, close, collar,
      collarband, confine, container, containment, coop, court,
      courtyard, curtilage, delimited field, earring, ecliptic,
      embracement, encincture, encirclement, enclave, enclosure,
      encompassment, enfoldment, engird, envelopment, environment,
      equator, fascia, field, fillet, finger ring, fold, gird, girding,
      girdle, girdling, girt, girth, great circle, ground, hoop,
      inclusion, involvement, list, neckband, necklace, nose ring, pale,
      paling, park, pen, quad, quadrangle, quoit, ring, sash, square,
      surrounding, theater, toft, waistband, wristband, wristlet, yard,
      zodiac, zone