| 单词 |
cingle |
| 释义 |
cingle|ˈsɪŋg(ə)l| Forms: 5 syngle, sengle, 6 sangle, single, 7– cingle. [a. OF. cengle (11th c.), sengle (12th c.); in mod.F. sangle:—L. cingulum girdle.] A girdle; anything that girds or surrounds; a girth, a belt.
c1430Lydg. Bochas iv. vi. (1554) 104 a, This tirant deceiuable, Gaue him another syngle, made of wul. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 412/1 The senglys or gyrthes of the hors. 1580Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Vne sangle, a sengle or girth. 1708–15Kersey, Cingle, a Girth for a Horse. [Hence in Bailey, Johnson, and mod. Dicts.]1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Cingle (from cir-cingle). A belt worn by seamen. |

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