See Also: cinque(dictionary)
Cinque Ports(dictionary)
Cinque Ports(encyclopedia)
Cinque Ports(dictionary)
CINQUE PORTS, Eng(law)
Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands(tourism)

cinque (iou)



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