different between circlet vs cincture

English

Etymology

From Middle French cerclet, diminutive of cercle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s??(?)kl?t/

Noun

circlet (plural circlets)

1. A small circle.
2. A ring (typically of gold or silver) worn as an ornament on the head.
3. A crown without arches or a covering.
4. A round body; an orb.
5. (Britain, dialect) A circular piece of wood put under a dish at table.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)

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Further reading

• circlet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

From Latin cinctura. Cognate with Spanish cintura (“waist”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??k.??/
• Rhymes: -??kt??

Noun

cincture (plural cinctures)

1. An enclosure, or the act of enclosing, encircling or encompassing
2. A girdle or belt, especially as part of a vestment
   • 1988, Alan Hollinghurst, The Swimming Pool Library, Penguin Books (1988), page 161

     In one, dated eighteen years ago, he appeared, wearing only sandals and a cincture of vine leaves, between two classical garden statues.

3. (architecture) The fillet, listel, or band next to the apophyge at the extremity of the shaft of a column.

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Verb

cincture (third-person singular simple present cinctures, present participle cincturing, simple past and past participle cinctured)

1. To encircle, or surround.
2. (viniculture) To girdle (stunt or kill by cutting).

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Latin

Participle

c?nct?re

1. vocative masculine singular of c?nct?rus