weight belt
nounScuba Diving.
a belt worn to control a diver's buoyancy under water, on which slotted lead weights can be slipped according to the diver's body size and weight and having a quick-release buckle for emergency discarding.
Origin of weight belt
1First recorded in 1950–55
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How to use weight belt in a sentence
The frogman who had lost his mask suddenly threw off tanks and weight belt and sped for the surface.
The Wailing Octopus | Harold Leland GoodwinHe took the end of rope that Zircon held out and snapped it to his weight belt.
The Wailing Octopus | Harold Leland GoodwinEach boy took one of the units and fastened it to his weight belt.
The Wailing Octopus | Harold Leland Goodwin
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