单词 | hip strap |
释义 | > as lemmaship strap hip strap n. a strap that fastens at or around the hips; spec. (a) a strap forming part of the harness for a carriage, passing over the horse's hips and buckling on either side into the breeching strap (see breeching n. 3); (b) a strap or belt on a backpack, etc., that fastens around the hips and is designed to help distribute weight from the shoulders to the hips (cf. hip belt n. (b)). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [noun] > harness of draught animal > hip-strap hip strap1761 1761 Invoice 31 Mar. in G. Washington Papers (1990) VII. 23 4 pr Hipstraps with Billet Leather. 1879 Rep. Paris Universal Exhib. 1878 570 The split parts of the winker straps and hip straps are also cut in waves. 1921 A. B. Hulbert Paths of Inland Commerce iv. 58 The harness of the six horses attached to the wagon was proportionately heavy, the back bands being fifteen inches wide, the hip straps ten, and the traces consisting of ponderous iron chains. 1968 Boys' Life 37/2 Hip strap attaches to bottom of Cruiser-type frames, helps distribute load from shoulders to hips. 1981 E. H. Edwards Country Life Bk. Saddlery & Equipm. 185/3 The backband and hip straps take the weight of these chains with a spreader..placed between the chains behind the horse's quarters to keep them apart. 2010 N. Peacock & J. M. Irion in J. M. Irion & G. Irion Women's Health in Physical Therapy vviii. 410/1 Most front packs come with a wide hip strap, similar to a hiking backpack, to distribute the baby's weight through the mother's pelvis. < as lemmas |
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