bellyband

bellyband
    n 1: a cloth band that is worn around the waist (as on infants
         until the navel has healed)
    2: a strap around the belly of a draft animal holding the shafts
       of a wagon
    

Bellyband \Bel"ly*band`\, n.
   1. A band that passes under the belly of a horse and holds
      the saddle or harness in place; a girth.
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   2. A band of flannel or other cloth about the belly.
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   3. (Naut.) A band of canvas, to strengthen a sail.
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52 Moby Thesaurus words for "bellyband":
      back band, backstrap, bearing rein, bit, blinders, blinds,
      breeching, bridle, caparison, cavesson, checkrein, cheekpiece,
      chinband, cinch, collar, crownband, crupper, curb, gag swivel,
      girt, girth, hackamore, halter, hames, hametugs, harness, headgear,
      headstall, hip straps, horn, jaquima, jerk line, jockey, lines,
      martingale, noseband, pole strap, pommel, reins, ribbons, saddle,
      shaft tug, side check, snaffle, stirrup, surcingle, tack, tackle,
      trappings, tug, winker braces, yoke