<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a belt or girdle</li><li>something that surrounds or encompasses as a girdle does; a surrounding border: The midnight sky had a cincture of stars.</li><li>(on a classical column) a fillet at either end of a shaft, especially one at the lower end</li><li>the act of girding or encompassing</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>to gird with or as if with a cincture; encircle; encompass</li></ul>