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see|cinglé
English
Etymology
From Old French cengle (modern sangle), from Latin cingulum, -la ‘girdle’, from cingere ‘gird’.

Pronunciation
IPA: /'sɪŋgəl/

Noun
en-noun

1. a kind of belt or other girdle

#:*1990: 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. — Guy Davenport, The Drummer of the Eleventh North Devonshire Fusiliers

fr:cingle

• 2007-04-10 20:29 - Keene -

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