chastity belt

American  

noun

1. a beltlike device, worn by women especially in the Middle Ages, designed to prevent sexual intercourse.

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chastity belt British  

noun

1. a locking beltlike device with a loop designed to go between a woman's legs in order to prevent her from having sexual intercourse

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Etymology

Origin of chastity belt

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

In reality, no work of fiction comes with a chastity belt that disallows it from being reimagined or retold for newer audiences.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2023

There are gold nugget stick pins, luggage tags, passenger tickets, pocket watches, brooches, bloomers, Brooks Brothers shirts, a chastity belt, and even a case of beer bottles still full of beer.

From Washington Times • Dec. 1, 2022

“Putting a trigger lock on an inoperable gun is like putting a chastity belt on a eunuch,” he said, evocatively, before eerily foreshadowing the advice he was to receive on a Friday five years later.

From The Guardian • Mar. 6, 2020

Indeed, the literary examples that I could uncover consistently belong to the genre of satire, while the chastity belt never appears in serious texts or art works.

From Time • Oct. 5, 2015

When archconservative State Senator John Schmitz chaired some hearings on abortion in 1981, Allred presented her testimony and then gave Schmitz a black leather chastity belt.

From Time Magazine Archive