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What is a bellyband?

What is a bellyband? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (equestrianism) A strap around the belly of a horse or other draft animal used to secure a saddle or the shafts of a cart.
  2. (medicine) Various constrictive bands worn around the belly, particularly:
    1. A band worn by expectant mothers to constrict and support the fetus.
    2. A band worn by babies to protect the navel.
    3. A haramaki: a band of cloth worn around the abdomen to preserve stomach qi and boost circulation.
  3. (nautical) A band of canvas used to strengthen a sail.
  4. A type of dust jacket that covers only a portion of a book.
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As soon as he had finished eating, he told me to go out and get the bellyband off the harness.
She was well primed with a good load of Delahunt's port under her bellyband.
Other bellyband options from Can Can Concealment are a bit more whimsical.
A broad leather bellyband prevented the cart from tipping backwards.
The martingale is that piece of leather going from the chinstrap of the bridle to either the chest strap or the bellyband.
There before him sat a dear little widow knitting a bellyband for someone else's baby.

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