Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A band passed around the belly of an animal to secure something.
- noun An encircling band for holding in a baby's protruding navel.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A band that goes round the belly; specifically, a saddle-girth; also, a band fastened to the shafts of a vehicle, and passing under the belly of the animal drawing it.
- noun Nautical, a band of canvas placed across a sail to strengthen it.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A band that passes under the belly of a horse and holds the saddle or harness in place; a girth.
- noun A band of flannel or other cloth about the belly.
- noun (Naut.) A band of canvas, to strengthen a sail.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
strap around thebelly of ahorse (or other draught animal) to which is secured asaddle or theshafts of a cart - noun A
band worn around thewaist of ababy to protect thenavel - noun nautical A band of canvas, to strengthen a sail.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a cloth band that is worn around the waist (as on infants until the navel has healed)
- noun a strap around the belly of a draft animal holding the shafts of a wagon
Etymologies
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Examples
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Lorryn clung to the slick back, wishing the alicorn would at least tolerate some kind of bellyband to give him something to hold on to!
Elvenblood Lackey, Mercedes 1995
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A sterile dressing about 4 inches square should be placed over the cut end of the cord at the baby's navel and should be held in place by wrapping a "bellyband" or folded diaper around the baby.
Emergency Childbirth A Reference Guide for Students of the Medical Self-help Training Course, Lesson No. 11 United States. Office of Civil Defense
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He pulled her bobbed tail over the britchen and then buckled the bellyband.
The Dirty Life Kristin Kimball 2010
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The cover features an impressive triple-bellyband.
Jordan Crane’s elaborate cover art for Michael Chabon « Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog 2008
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Vetch was already ducking under Kashet's chest to undo the bellyband when Ari's words made him blink.
Joust Lackey, Mercedes 2003
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The stableboy grinned, and took down, not a saddle, but a light pad with a bellyband; hardly more than a couple of layers of cloth cut in the shape of a small saddle.
Brightly Burning Lackey, Mercedes 2000
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A collar harness does not provide for the vertical force, so if a collar is used, the saddle has to be provided separately - but then it can have the advantage of being made more stable with a girth or bellyband under the donkey's belly.
3.1 Cattle harness 1995
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Guayaquil was two degrees south of the equator, the imaginary bellyband of the planet after which the country itself was named.
Galapagos Vonnegut, Kurt 1985
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There is great danger of having the bellyband too tight, and, in the early weeks, it is often the cause of great discomfort -- often interfering with the normal expansion of the stomach at meal time.
The Mother and Her Child William S. Sadler
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If a sterile dressing is not available, no dressing or bellyband should be used.
Emergency Childbirth A Reference Guide for Students of the Medical Self-help Training Course, Lesson No. 11 United States. Office of Civil Defense
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