cinching
/ˈsɪnt͡ʃɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.47 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
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."