bellyband

American  

[bel-ee-band] / ˈbɛl iˌbænd /

noun

1. a band worn about the belly, as of a harnessed horse or of an infant to protect the navel.

2. a band of paper around a new book, usually printed with information about the book's contents and sometimes used instead of a book jacket.

3. a band of strong paper, plastic, tape, or the like, placed around a product or package to protect it during shipping, prevent it from opening, etc.

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bellyband British  

/ ˈbɛlɪˌbænd /

noun

1. a strap around the belly of a draught animal, holding the shafts of a vehicle

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Etymology

Origin of bellyband

First recorded in 1515–25; belly + band ²

Example Sentences

What better account of absolute monism could there be than this: "They want the bellyband of the universe to fit tight all the way round"?

From Time Magazine Archive

Every girl was sewing a red flannel bellyband for her favorite soldier, the theory being that it would keep out tropical fevers by day and the jungle damp by night.

From Time Magazine Archive

There before him sat a dear little widow knitting a bellyband for someone else's baby.

From The Book of Gud by Hersey, Harold

Munn had to drive a' the way round to the Fechars brig, and in parts o' the road the water was so deep that it lapped his horse's bellyband.

From The House with the Green Shutters by Brown, George Douglas

I was found as a kid on the Woolamaloo Road, with a newspaper for a bellyband and a rubber tit in my mouth.

From The Kangaroo Marines by Campbell, R. W.