cinque noun. [sɪŋk] Also cinq. LME.
[Old French cinc, cink (mod. cinq) from Latin quinque five.]
1. The five on dice; a throw of five. LME.

2. Campanology. In pl. Changes on eleven bells in which five couples of bells change places in the order of ringing. L19.

► Cf. earlier CINQUE PORTS, also CINQ TROUS.

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