Crossword clues for bellyband
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bellyband \Bel"ly*band`\, n.
A band that passes under the belly of a horse and holds the saddle or harness in place; a girth.
A band of flannel or other cloth about the belly.
(Naut.) A band of canvas, to strengthen a sail.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A strap around the belly of a horse (or other draught animal) to which is secured a saddle or the shafts of a cart 2 A band worn around the waist of a baby to protect the navel 3 (context nautical English) A band of canvas, to strengthen a sail.
WordNet
n. a cloth band that is worn around the waist (as on infants until the navel has healed)
a strap around the belly of a draft animal holding the shafts of a wagon
Usage examples of "bellyband".
The leather bellyband more recalcitrant persons were chained to would not fit around his middle.
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!
He took off the white bellyband he wore when swimming, wiped himself dry, and put on hunting clothes and light armor.
Then the bellyband, saddle-straps, and stirrups registered in his fading awareness.
He wore baggy pants, a yellow silk bellyband, and an absurdly tiny leather vest dotted with iron studs.
He pulled off his bellyband and threw it to the crowd, where it was caught by the female newscaster.
The hatch cover was already off, and using the main boom held at an angle by the peak halyard, the two chargers were lifted by bellybands, swayed over the side and set in place on the sand.
Many of them were Nozawa clones, kitted out in bellybands, baggy trousers, and split-toed sandals.
He used a compression bandage and bellyband on Dave and administered a shot of something the label said was designed to slow his metabolism.
The bellyband didn't work well under most formals, because you had yards of cloth to raise before you could get to the gun.
She herself swabbed Jack off, dressed him in a bellyband, a diaper, plass overpants, and a little terry-cloth suit, then stowed him in his swansdown bunting and cradle furs while she washed herself and put on a fresh nightgown.