See Also: precinct(medicine)
precinct(1)(dictionary)
precinct(2)(dictionary)
precinct(dictionary)
PRECINCT(law)
pedestrian precinct(dictionary)
shopping precinct(dictionary)
University and Historic Precinct of Alcala de Henares(tourism)

precinct (oh)



[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Medieval Latin; Origin: praecinctum, from Latin praecingere 'to put a belt around']
[C] shopping/pedestrian precinct
BrE an area of a town where people can walk and shop, and where cars are not allowed
[C] AmE one of the areas that a town or city is divided into, so that elections or police work can be organized more easily
[C] AmE the main police station in a particular area of a town or city
precincts [plural] the area that surrounds an important building
::the precincts of the cathedral