Obs. [ad. It. centura, or F. ceinture.] A waist-belt, girdle, or CINCTURE.
1595. Shaks., John, IV. iii. 155. Now happy he, whose cloake and center can Hold out this tempest!
1624. Darcie, Birth of Heresies, xii. 51. The Stole, Ephod, Zone, or Centure.
