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.
| c 1430 Lydg. Bochas iv. vi. (1554) 104 a, This tirant deceiuable, Gaue him another syngle, made of wul. 1483 Caxton Gold. Leg. 412/1 The senglys or gyrthes of the hors. 1580 Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Vne sangle, a sengle or girth. 1708–15 Kersey, Cingle, a Girth for a Horse. [Hence in Bailey, Johnson, and mod. Dicts.] 1867 Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Cingle (from cir-cingle). A belt worn by seamen. |