Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of clasping or confining with or as with a buckle or padlock.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The act of clasping, or fastening, as with a buckle or padlock.
  • noun The act of attaching a ring, clasp, or frame, to the genital organs in such a manner as to prevent copulation.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun an act of fastening, especially the stitching together of the labia to prevent intercourse

Etymologies

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From Latin infībulō ("to close with a clasp or pin").

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Examples

  • The second reason is that the people in the region practice an extreme form of female genital cutting, called infibulation, in which a girl's vagina is sewn shut until marriage.

    Genocide in Slow Motion Kristof, Nicholas D. 2006

  • "Almost 90% of the female population in the north of Sudan undergo FGM which, in many cases, is practised in its most extreme form known as infibulation" - we are quoting from the Report by the Special Rapporteur Halima Warzazi [Morocco/Sub-Commission].

    David Horowitz Freedom Center Robert 2010

  • Female genital mutilation also takes different forms based on tradition, from removal of the clitoris and labia coupled with sewing up of the vagina - a process known as infibulation - to the comparatively less severe but still atrociously painful removal of the tip of the clitoris.

    mndaily.com - all articles pberner@mndaily.com 2010

  • The most severe - known as infibulation - is the removal of parts of the external genitalia followed by stitching together of what remains.

    iToot Stream Somebody 2010

  • The most severe - known as infibulation - is the removal of parts of the external genitalia followed by stitching together of what remains.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Mona Eltahawy 2010

  • The most severe - known as infibulation - is the removal of parts of the external genitalia followed by stitching together of what remains.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Mona Eltahawy 2010

  • "Almost 90% of the female population in the north of Sudan undergo FGM which, in many cases, is practised in its most extreme form known as infibulation" - we are quoting from the Report by the Special Rapporteur Halima Warzazi [Morocco/Sub-Commission].

    David Horowitz Freedom Center Robert 2010

  • The most severe - known as infibulation - is the removal of parts of the external genitalia followed by stitching together of what remains.

    iToot Stream 2010

  • The former, also known as infibulation, involves the total removal of all external sex organs before the vagina is sewn up, leaving a small opening for the passing of menstrual blood, while the Sunna type is less extensive.

    IRIN 2009

  • But there are even more extreme versions, such as infibulation, in which the woman's clitoris is cut off and her vagina is sewn shut, leaving only a tiny hole to urinate - on her wedding night, her husband must literally rip her open.

    Daylight Atheism 2010

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