accingere

accingere 1 to surround, girdle. b to bind in sheaves. terram ‥ que undique aquis accincta est Chr. Rams. 53; verres fulmineis accincti dentibus W. Fitzst. Thom. prol. 17; brachii istius ora crebris hinc inde terris ‥ ~itur Gir. TH I 2; s1333 Anglici exercitum suum fossato undique ~ebant Meaux II 368 (cf. ib. III 177: fossata ‥ que ‥ clausum ‥ ~ebant).  b c1300 tassent bladum in grangia et ~ent in campis DCCant. Register/J 45. 2 to gird (w. belt or sword). b (in conferment of knighthood). c (fig.) to gird oneself, make ready. d (p. ppl.) ready for action. accinctus gladio accepit lanceam in manu Bede HE II 13; nec sit latus ense / accinctum D. Bec. 1450; tali accinctus funiculo, gravem pene vindictam subiit pro delicto R. Cold. Cuthb. 94.  b s1147 rex ‥ filium suum ‥ militie cingulo coram optimatibus honoranter accinxit G. Steph. II 109; gladio quo manu regis in militem fuerat accinctus Devizes 27v; s1191 non erant de militari ordine nec accincti gladio Croyl. Cont. B 458; s1385 bene trecentos gladio militari [rex] accinxit V. Ric. II 62.  c nunc accingamur sed nobiliore coturno V. Ed. Conf. 38v; arripe clypeum obedientie, ~ere gladio patientie H. Los. Ep. 13; ad exequendum ‥ negotium ~itur pontifex T. Mon. Will. VI 1; cum furor accinxit urbis utrumque latus Gower VC I 920.  d cum accinctissima militum cohorte G. Steph. I 65. 3 (p. ppl. as sb. f.) curtain wall (cf. accinctus 1b). 1252 ad faciendam quandam acinctam [Cal. †acinetam] circa novam turrim de Windesor’ Liberate 28 m. 5.