cincture
Encircling cloth band
A cincture is a belt or girdle, especially one worn around the waist of a religious robe or vestment.
The word extends to anything that encircles or encloses: a cincture of mountains surrounded the valley.
In architecture, a cincture is a ring or fillet at the top or bottom of a column.
The verb means to gird or encompass.
Frame-and-prong fastener
- leatherTanned animal skin
- waistbandGarment's upper rim
- strapNarrow flexible binding material
- sashWaist-worn cloth strip
fastening · cord · girding · loops · notch · webbing · adjustable · holster
Liturgical white robe
- chasubleLiturgical overgarment for clergy
- stoleTook without permission
- cassockFull-length clerical garment
- surpliceWhite ecclesiastical overgarment
cope · mitre · maniple · pallium · clerical · liturgical · ecclesiastical · tippet
Closed curve shape
- bandGroup playing music together
- circleCurved closed shape
- loopCurve closing on itself
- hoopRigid circular frame
circumference · perimeter · enclosure · surrounding · wrapping · girdling · coil · orbit
Shaped decorative strip
- corniceOrnamental upper trim
- fasciaConnective tissue sheet
- bandGroup playing music together
- friezeOrnamental architectural band
stringcourse · horizontal · ornamental · column · base · shaft · capital · decorative
Boned waist-shaping undergarment
- shapewearCompression underclothes for contouring
- bodiceFitted upper garment
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- basqueFitted bodice or undergarment
bustier · boning · lacing · undergarment · control · compression · slimming · lingerie
Making less loose
- compressionForcing into smaller space
- bindingLegally or morally required
- squeezingPressing inward firmly
- narrowingReduction in width
cinching · restricting · constraining · girdling · encasing · wrapping · securing · fastening
buckle
Frame-and-prong fastener
sash · fastening · cord · girding · loops · notch · webbing · adjustable · holster · accessory
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Liturgical white robe
- chasubleLiturgical overgarment for clergy
- stoleTook without permission
- cassockFull-length clerical garment
surplice · cope · mitre · maniple · pallium · clerical · liturgical · ecclesiastical · tippet · scapular
ring
Closed curve shape
hoop · circumference · perimeter · enclosure · surrounding · wrapping · girdling · coil · orbit · sweep
moulding
Shaped decorative strip
frieze · stringcourse · horizontal · ornamental · column · base · shaft · capital · decorative · classical
corset
Boned waist-shaping undergarment
- shapewearCompression underclothes for contouring
- bodiceFitted upper garment
- foundationUnderlying support structure
basque · bustier · boning · lacing · undergarment · control · compression · slimming · lingerie · support
tightening
Making less loose
- compressionForcing into smaller space
- bindingLegally or morally required
- squeezingPressing inward firmly
narrowing · cinching · restricting · constraining · girdling · encasing · wrapping · securing · fastening · pressing
- waist wearbelt, sash, waist belt, leather belt, woven belt
- church itemscrucifix, altarpiece, altar cloth, altar candles, monstrance
- cordagerope, cord, twine, line, hawser
- monastic itemshabit, cowl, robe, scapular, sandals
- nunsnun, nuns, sister, sisters, convent
- religious garmentshabit, robe, cassock, cowl, scapular