Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

encincturement

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: enc-inc-ture-ment
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of encincturing or girding.

Uncountable

noun

The state or quality of being encinctured or girded.

Uncountable

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..."

Etymology

From encincture + -ment.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: encincture

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does encincturement mean?: The act of encincturing or girding.
Where does encincturement come from?: From encincture + -ment.

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