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ceinture
Cdn French
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a belt or waistband, often of worsted and of bright design, as the L'Assomption sash, characteristic of French Canada and long identified with the voyageurs and Métis.
Quotations
1801
. . . one of them stole a Ceinture of Cadottes, [who] overtook them before noon, &, threatened to shoot one of them if he did not tell which of them had stolen the Belt, they restored the Sash & proceeded quietly on their journey.
1941
The pattern in the ceintures, with very few exceptions in the trade variety consisted of a wide red band or core in the centre that ran from one end to the other; this band was barbed along the edges, like a series of continuous arrow points.