| Pronunciation: | | 'belee`band
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] a strap around the belly of a draft animal holding the shafts of a wagon
- [n] a cloth band that is worn around the waist (as on infants until the navel has healed)
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| | See Also: | | band, fastener, fastening, fixing, holdfast |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Bel"ly*band`\, n.
1. A band that passes under the belly of a horse and holds
the saddle or harness in place; a girth.
2. A band of flannel or other cloth about the belly.
3. (Naut.) A band of canvas, to strengthen a sail.
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| | Related Terms: | | back band, backstrap, bearing rein, bit, blinders, blinds, breeching, bridle, caparison, cavesson, checkrein, cheekpiece, chinband, cinch, collar, crownband, crupper, curb, gag swivel, girt, girth, hackamore, halter, hames, hametugs, harness, headgear, headstall, hip straps, horn, jaquima, jerk line, jockey, lines, martingale, noseband, pole strap, pommel, reins, ribbons, saddle, shaft tug, side check, snaffle, stirrup, surcingle, tack, tackle, trappings, tug, winker braces, yoke |
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