[ noun ] a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers <noun.artifact>
Cincture \Cinc"ture\, n. [L. cinctura, fr. cingere, cinctum, to gird.] 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.) The fillet, listel, or band next to the apophyge at the extremity of the shaft of a column.