cincture

noun

1. An enclosure, or the act of enclosing, encircling or encompassing
2. A girdle or belt, especially as part of a vestment

   “In one, dated eighteen years ago, he appeared, wearing only sandals and a cincture of vine leaves, between two classical garden statues.”

3. The fillet, listel, or band next to the apophyge at the extremity of the shaft of a column.

verb

1. To encircle, or surround.
2. To girdle (stunt or kill by cutting).