cingle

/ˈsɪŋɡəl/

cingle means A kind of belt or other girdle.

cingle is pronounced /ˈsɪŋɡəl/.

Etymology

From Middle English sengle, from Old French sengle, cengle (Modern French sangle), from Late Latin cingula, from Latin cingulum (“girdle”), from cingere (“to gird”). Doublet of cinch. Compare also Middle English kyngle, kyngll (“girdle, brooch”) from Old Norse kinga (“brooch”).

noun

A kind of belt or other girdle.e.g.“A triangle of arcs, her slip, flag red, and her friend with a swimmer’s back and saucery hollows in his solidly boxed buttocks was cupped into a gauze pouch and cingle.” — 1990, Guy Davenport, The Drummer of the Eleventh North Devonshire Fusiliers:

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Words closest in meaning

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ceinture 69% match — A belt or girdle. vs cingle →
girdle 67% match — That which girds, encircles, or encloses; a circumference. vs cingle →
encincture 67% match — A cincture or girdle. vs cingle →
engirdle 66% match — To encircle as if with a girdle. vs cingle →
cingulum 65% match — The girdle of an alb. vs cingle →
cinctured 64% match — Having a cincture. vs cingle →
begirdle 63% match — To encircle or surround, as with a girdle. vs cingle →
cincture 63% match — An enclosure, or the act of enclosing, encircling or encompassing vs cingle →