BELLYBAND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bellyband mean? 

• BELLYBAND (noun)
  The noun BELLYBAND has 2 senses:

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

  Familiarity information: BELLYBAND used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BELLYBAND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cloth band that is worn around the waist (as on infants until the navel has healed)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("bellyband" is a kind of...):

band (a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A strap around the belly of a draft animal holding the shafts of a wagon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("bellyband" is a kind of...):

fastener; fastening; fixing; holdfast (restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place)