Cincture - A fillet or ring of mouldings that separates either the base of a column from the shaft or the shaft of the column from the capital.
Cinqfoil - A five-lobed ornamental shape ...
cincture
Ring, list, or fillet at the top and bottom of a column, which divides the shaft from the capital and base.
cinqfoil ...
cincture, waistband, waistcloth, girdle, sash - a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers
headband - a band worn around or over the head; "the earphones were held in place by a headband" ...
There are parts to a Tuscan base: the Plinth Block, the Torus, (also known as the bull nose or base molding), and the Cincture. Directly above the stylobate, or the platform on which the architectural column bases sit, is the Plinth.
Grouped columns forming composite pillars, with Corinthian capital decorated with stylized elements and cincture joined to it.
Walls re-enforced by exterior buttresses.
 See also: Roman, Architecture, Fillet, Ornament, Capital
  
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