cimbia
(ˈsɪmbɪə)
[It.]
1. Arch. A fillet or ring round the shaft of a column; an apophyge.
| 1613–39 I. Jones in Leoni Palladio's Archit. (1742) I. 38/2 A small Boultel or Torus B, under the Cimbia. 1664 Evelyn tr. Fréart's Archit. 127 The Cimbia beneath the Astragal immediately above the Contraction. 1842 in Gwilt Archit. Gloss. 950. |
† 2. Anat. The transverse peduncular tract in the brain of certain mammals and some humans. Obs.
| 1882 Syd. Soc. Lex. II, Cimbia, a slender, white band, which crosses the ventral surface of the crus cerebri. It forms a distinct ridge in the cat. |