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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A band of leather crossing the breast, used by men for dragging wagons in coal-mines.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A piece of leather crossing the breast, used by the men who drag sledges in coal mines.

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  • noun historical A piece of leather crossing the breast, used by the men who drag sledges in coal mines.

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