Definition of Ceinture

1. n. A cincture, girdle, or belt; -- chiefly used in English as a dressmaking term.

Definition of Ceinture

1. a belt for the waist [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ceinture

ceilidhean
ceilidhs
ceiling
ceiling fan
ceiling function
ceiling functions
ceiling value
ceilinged
ceilingless
ceilinglike
ceilings
ceilis
ceilometer
ceilometers
ceils
ceinture (current term)
ceintures
cejkaite
cel
celB endoglucanase
cel shading
celadon
celadonite
celadons
celandine
celandine poppy
celandines
celatone
celeb
celebrant

Literary usage of Ceinture

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Diary of a Samaritan by William L. Robinson (1860)
"La ceinture Doree. MORE than two months had elapsed since I sent home to her family the runaway whom I had snatched from certain perdition. ..."

2. Paris and Environs with Routes from London to Paris: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker, Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1900)
"This section of the Ligne de Grande-ceinture traverses the prettiest part of ... is also a station On the Ligne de Grande-ceinture, which runs hence to (4 ..."

3. Paris and Its Environs: With Routes from London to Paris, Paris to the Rhine by Karl Baedeker (Firm), Karl Baedeker (Firm (1874)
"(r. bank), near the t'hemin de Fer de ceinture. 2. Quai de la Gare (1. bank), ... near the Bois de Boulogne and Chemin de Fer de ceinture. II. ..."

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