Cinctured

Part of speech: adjective

Pronunciation: /ˈsɪŋktʃə(ɹ)d/

Definitions

1. Surrounded or fastened by a belt or band typically around the waist
2. Enclosed with a girdle-like band providing a tight or decorative fastening
3. Bound around with a cincture, usually forming a belt-like circle on a garment or object

Etymology: "Cinctured" is the past form of "cincture," a word that goes back to Latin "cingere," meaning "to gird" or "to encircle." The Latin noun "cinctura" was formed from that verb and meant a girdle or belt, the thing that wraps around the waist. English took the noun directly from Latin as "cincture," so the verb "cinctured" is simply that noun's past form put to work as an adjective describing someone or something bound with a belt. The noun is a close relative of the Spanish "cintura," meaning "waist," and of the French "ceinture," meaning "belt." English "cincture" and French "ceinture" are doublets, two forms of one Latin source that entered the language by different routes, which is why the French word is familiar to many English speakers as a belt or waistband while "cincture" stays a more literary term.

Synonyms: girded, belted