cingle

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/ˈsɪŋɡəl/

noun

A kind of belt or other girdle.

OriginMiddle English sengle ← Old French sengle ← Late Latin cingula →
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Meanings

nouncingle (plural cingles)

plural cingles

  1. A kind of belt or other girdle.

    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.

    1990, Guy Davenport, The Drummer of the Eleventh North Devonshire Fusiliers

Origin

  1. Latincingulum“girdle”
  2. Late Latincingula
  3. Old Frenchsengle
  4. Middle Englishsengle
  5. Englishcingle

From Middle English sengle, from Old French sengle, cengle (Modern French sangle), from Late Latin cingula, from Latin cingulum (“girdle”), from cingere (“to gird”). Doublet of cinch. Compare also Middle English kyngle, kyngll (“girdle, brooch”) from Old Norse kinga (“brooch”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with cingle

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Anagrams

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APA

cingle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cingle

MLA

“cingle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cingle. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cingle,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cingle.

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