cincture

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun The act of encircling or encompassing.
• noun Something that encircles or surrounds.
• noun A belt or sash, especially one worn with an ecclesiastical vestment or the habit of a monk or nun.
• transitive verb To gird; encompass.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun A belt, girdle, or band worn round the body or round a part of it.
• noun Specifically The girdle used to confine a clergyman's cassock, usually of the color of the cassock and made of silk or serge.
• noun Hence Something resembling a belt or girdle.
• noun That which encompasses or incloses; inclosure; barrier; circuit; fence.
• noun In architecture, a raised ring or a list around a column.

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

• noun A belt, a girdle, or something worn round the body, -- as by an ecclesiastic for confining the alb.
• noun That which encompasses or incloses; an inclosure.
• noun (Arch.) The fillet, listel, or band next to the apophyge at the extremity of the shaft of a column.

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

• noun An enclosure, or the act of enclosing, encircling or encompassing
• noun A girdle or belt, especially as part of a vestment
• noun architecture The fillet, listel, or band next to the apophyge at the extremity of the shaft of a column.
• verb to girdle, circle, or surround

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers