/serr"sing'geuhl/ , n.
1. a belt or girth that passes around the belly of a horse and over the blanket, pack, saddle, etc., and is buckled on the horse's back.
2. a beltlike fastening for a garment, esp. a cassock.
[ 1350-1400; ME surcengle sur- SUR- 1 + cengle belt cingulum; see CINGULUM ]