Cincture
Pronunciation : Cinc"ture
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [L. cinctura, fr. cingere, cinctum, to gird.]
Definition : 1. A belt, a girdle, or something worn round the body, -- as by an ecclesiastic for confining the alb.
2. That which encompasses or incloses; an inclosure. "Within the cincture of one wall." Bacon.
3. (Arch.)
Defn: The fillet, listel, or band next to the apophyge at the extremity of the shaft of a column.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913