waistband

[weyst-band, -buhnd]

noun

1. a band encircling the waist, especially as a part of a skirt or pair of trousers.

waistband

/ ˈweɪstˌbænd /

noun

1. an encircling band of material to finish and strengthen a skirt or trousers at the waist

Word History and Origins

Origin of waistband¹

First recorded in 1575–85; waist + band ²

Example Sentences

He slipped it into the waistband of his shorts.

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The wings were born, attached to a wide elastic waistband Equihua had from a former project.

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Participants wore waistband pedometers to track physical activity and underwent PET scans to measure amyloid-beta plaques and tau tangles in the brain.

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So we sink into the couch, plates on laps, clothed in pants with elastic waistbands.

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In Santa Ana, another pulled a gun from his waistband and pointed it at activists who had been trailing him from a distance in their car.

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