What does encincturement mean?
Encincturement means The act of encincturing or girding..
Encincturement
Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Meaning
The act of encincturing or girding..
Definitions by Sense
- The act of encincturing or girding.
- The state or quality of being encinctured or girded.
Example Sentences
...city itself, though not properly a fortress, was sufficiently strong, in its encincturement of 'wall and towers and river, to be able to make a stubborn resistance.
...abounds in mild and soft pictures of rural beauty ; it derives picturesqueness from its encincturement with intricate bands of sea, overhung by the lofty and hard...
...wood, its beautiful mansion, its semi-encincturement, with joyous natural lakes, and its extent and vruiety of undulating surface, it ranks high among the...
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How do you use encincturement in a sentence?
...city itself, though not properly a fortress, was sufficiently strong, in its encincturement of 'wall and towers and river, to be able to make a stubborn resistance.
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