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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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BELLY-BAND, bellybaund, n.
1. Used as in St.Eng. meaning the girth of a horse's harness. Lnk. 1997 Duncan Glen From Upland Man 8:
The stables are being cleart. Saddles
are piled high and breedles and bits. And
bellybaunds and nosebaunds
and martingales.
Sc. usages.
2. “The loop of twine in the centre of a kite” (c[entr.]–w.Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. 53).
3. “The waistband, or the region of this” (nw., c[entr.] Rxb., Ib.).
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