cincture
/ˈsɪŋktʃə(r)/noun
1
- poetic/literary a girdle or belt〈诗/文〉束带; 腰带。
2
- Architecture a ring at either end of a column shaft【建筑】(柱身两端的)环带。
词源
late 16th cent. (in the sense 'encircling or enclosure'): from Latin cinctura, from cinct-'encircled', from the verb cingere.