Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A belt worn about the waist.
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Examples
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If i forget to put my harness on i use the extra strap as a waist-belt, ... better than nothing.
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If i forget to put my harness on i use the extra strap as a waist-belt, ... better than nothing.
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I have advised travellers to prefer the strong Egyptian article of brass to the Persian, which is of wood or papier-mâché, prettily varnished, but not to wear it in the waist-belt, as this is a sign of being a scribe.
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A buff leather waist-belt with brass buckles was attached to a double frog holding brown leather, brass-tipped scabbards for sword and bayonet.
Archive 2008-06-22 de Brantigny........................ 2008
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At the insistent request of one client, for instance, Mr. Chetan says a heavy, gold waist-belt — usually worn by a bride on her wedding day — was transformed into a choker, an idea, he says, that struck him as rather garish.
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“Majdal” over the left shoulder supports on the right hip a line of Tatárif or brass cylinders for cartridges: the other cross-belt (Al – Masdar) bears on the left side the Kharízah or bullet-pouch of hide; and the Hizám or waist-belt holds the dagger and extra cartridges.
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A red-brown leather cartridge-box was attached to the waist-belt; later, it was suspended on the right hip from a buff leather cross-belt.
la charge de la compagnie Franche de la Marine du musée Stewart au fort de l'île Ste-Hélène de Brantigny........................ 2008
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A red-brown leather cartridge-box was attached to the waist-belt; later, it was suspended on the right hip from a buff leather cross-belt.
Archive 2008-06-22 de Brantigny........................ 2008
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A buff leather waist-belt with brass buckles was attached to a double frog holding brown leather, brass-tipped scabbards for sword and bayonet.
la charge de la compagnie Franche de la Marine du musée Stewart au fort de l'île Ste-Hélène de Brantigny........................ 2008
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Here the market-people form a ring about the reciter, a stalwart man affecting little raiment besides a broad waist-belt into which his lower chiffons are tucked, and noticeable only for his shock hair, wild eyes, broad grin and generally disreputable aspect.
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