Dictionary - Definition of CINGLE


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. A girth.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

"Cingle" is a common misspelling or typo for: dingle, cringle.

Date "Cingle" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Etymology:Cingle \Cin"gle\, noun. [Latin expression cingula, cingulum, from cingere to gird.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: CINGLE

Domain	Definition
Noah Webster	[Noun] A girth; but the word is little used.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary	[Noun] 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. (references)
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Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. A girth.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

"CINGLE" is a common misspelling or typo for: dingle, cringle.

Date "CINGLE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Etymology:Cingle \Cin"gle\, noun. [Latin expression cingula, cingulum, from cingere to gird.]. (references)

Domain	Definition
Noah Webster	[Noun] A girth; but the word is little used.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary	[Noun] 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. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.		Top