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Breastband

Breastband \Breast"band`\ (-b[a^]nd`), n. A band for the breast. Specifically: (Naut.) A band of canvas, or a rope, fastened at both ends to the rigging, to support the man who heaves the lead in sounding.

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breastband

n. (context nautical English) A band of canvas, attached to a ship's rigging, that provides support for the man heaving the lead in heavy weather.

Usage examples of "breastband".

Aphrodite loosed from beneath her breasts her secret breastband, and held the thin web of cloth and microcircuits in her hand.

And here was Flask now standing, Daggoo with one lifted arm furnishing him with a breastband to lean against and steady himself by.

Once I was securely lashed, he went to work on my leathers, cutting away my breastband and loincloth until I lay naked.

Before the ink could dampen and run, I refolded the parchment and tucked it inside my breastband, next to my heart.

Finally she strapped on the overfleece, buckled the breastband with its chest protector, and started to do up the padded girth.

By the time Ben shook out her coat and wrapped it around her, she wore only a breastband and loincloth.

As Kel washed her face, cleaned her teeth, and combed her hair, Lalasa put out her clothes, including a fresh breastband and loincloth, and one of the cloth pads Kel wore during her monthly bleeding.

Kel said, fastening her breastband and hitching her shoulders until it fit properly.

Her cotton shirt was peeled away to reveal a sweat-soaked breastband and a huge, spreading bruise on her right side.

Shadow quickly tucked the vial into her breastband where she could not fail to feel any change in temperature, thus freeing both hands.

I struggled into my breastband as fast as I could, listening to the sounds of warriors and horses moving around our shelter.

I wore a tight black breastband that left my arms and belly bare and revealed a great deal of cleavage.

She slipped out of her shirt and breastband before he joined her, turning to face him.

With jerky movements she tugged off her blouse and trous, shimmied out of her breastband and pantlettes.

The sight of her was incendiary, clad in that narrow breastband and hipsnugs that displayed every lush curve of her long body.