ppl. a. rare. [ad. L. cinct-us pa. pple. of cingĕre to gird.] Girt, encircled, surrounded. (Construed as a participle; cf. compact.)
1432–50. trans. Higden (Rolls), I. 271. Alle Fraunce is cincte with thre nowble waters.
1840. Browning, Sordello, VI. 450. Thus girt With circumstance, next change beholds them cinct Quite otherwise.
1867. Longf., Dante, Purgat., xxx. 31. Her snow white veil with olive cinct.
