verb/sɛ̃dʁ/
to gird, put on (clothes, which fit around a part of the body); to wrap round; to don (an item of ceremonious clothing)
“Que je souffre à mes yeux qu'on ceigne une autre tête / Des lauriers immortels que la gloire m'apprête” — How could I suffer that, before my eyes, another head is girdled / With the immortal laurels for which glory has readied me
Etymology tree Latin cingere Old French ceindre French ceindre Inherited from Old French ceindre, from Latin cingere.