Cinching
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈsɪnt͡ʃɪŋ/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Cinching is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of cinch.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of cinch.
More Meanings
- A fastening.
Example Sentences
It says something about the girl's ability or luck in shaping and securing the tent that not once did it begin to fold or come loose from its cinchings to the raft.
Panic-stricken, he knew not what to do as he watched his restive horse back away from him, turn, and bolt from his increasingly menacing scent, his belongings torn from their saddle cinchings as the animal sped through the brush.
Word Forms
- cinchings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include girth, picnic, snap, walkover, pushover, cincher.
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