Forms: 5 syngle, sengle, 6 sangle, single, 7– cingle. [a. OF. cengle (11th c.), sengle (12th c.); in mod.F. sangle:—L. cingulum girdle.] A girdle; anything that girds or surrounds; a girth, a belt.
c. 1430. Lydg., Bochas, IV. vi. (1554), 104 a. This tirant deceiuable, Gaue him another syngle, made of wul.
1483. Caxton, Gold. Leg., 412/1. The senglys or gyrthes of the hors.
1580. Hollyband, Treas. Fr. Tong, Vne sangle, a sengle or girth.
1708–15. Kersey, Cingle, a Girth for a Horse. [Hence in Bailey, Johnson, and mod. Dicts.]
1867. Smyth, Sailor’s Word-bk., Cingle (from cir-cingle). A belt worn by seamen.
