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waistbands

  • plural
    of waistband.
    waistband
    noun
    a band encircling the waist, especially as a part of a skirt or pair of trousers.

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The cuffs and waistbands that form a snug seal around a baby’s legs and waist are called the gasketing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026

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

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2025

"Our widening waistbands are also placing significant burden on our health service," he said in an opinion piece for the Telegraph.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2024

Leather belts on trousers were sewn in, replacing waistbands, and cinched on the hip: pretty weaves, or plain and sloping.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 14, 2024

They also wore special cotton waistbands under their clothes and made for each soldier by his wife or his mother or his sisters.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac