waistbandn.

Brit.

/ˈweɪs(t)band/, U.S.

/ˈweɪs(t)ˌbænd/

Forms: Also 1500s–1600s wastband, wastebande.

Etymology: < waist n. + band n.²

1. Anything in the fashion of a girdle intended to go round the waist.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > belt or sash > types of > worn around waist > that which is worn as

waistband1584

obi1872

1584 B. R. tr. Herodotus Famous Hyst. i. f. 14 Herewith also were offered the chaynes of the Queene his wyfe, not sparing so much her girdles & wastbands, al which he caused to be dedicated at Delphos.

1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 6 Feb. 5/2 The..messages from Gordon..were..concealed in a quill thrust into the hair or sewn on the waistband of the natives employed.

2. esp. A band fitting about the waist that forms the upper part of a lower garment (skirt, pair of trousers or drawers, or the like) and serves to stiffen or maintain it; sometimes used as a receptacle for money, etc.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > waist > waistband

waistband1686

1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. viii. 294 He only took him up by the wastband of his breeches, and hung him upon one of the hooks in the shambles.

1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 158 I pull'd it out of the Wastband of my Drawers.

1859 C. Dickens Tale of Two Cities ii. v. 57 For the most part reclining with his hands in his waistband, looking at the fire.

1882 ‘Ouida’ In Maremma I. 43 A labourer that had got his wages in his waistband.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	waistband
释义	waistbandn. Brit. /ˈweɪs(t)band/, U.S. /ˈweɪs(t)ˌbænd/ Forms: Also 1500s–1600s wastband, wastebande. Etymology: < waist n. + band n.² 1. Anything in the fashion of a girdle intended to go round the waist. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > belt or sash > types of > worn around waist > that which is worn as waistband1584 obi1872 1584 B. R. tr. Herodotus Famous Hyst. i. f. 14 Herewith also were offered the chaynes of the Queene his wyfe, not sparing so much her girdles & wastbands, al which he caused to be dedicated at Delphos. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 6 Feb. 5/2 The..messages from Gordon..were..concealed in a quill thrust into the hair or sewn on the waistband of the natives employed. 2. esp. A band fitting about the waist that forms the upper part of a lower garment (skirt, pair of trousers or drawers, or the like) and serves to stiffen or maintain it; sometimes used as a receptacle for money, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > waist > waistband waistband1686 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. viii. 294 He only took him up by the wastband of his breeches, and hung him upon one of the hooks in the shambles. 1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 158 I pull'd it out of the Wastband of my Drawers. 1859 C. Dickens Tale of Two Cities ii. v. 57 For the most part reclining with his hands in his waistband, looking at the fire. 1882 ‘Ouida’ In Maremma I. 43 A labourer that had got his wages in his waistband. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1584
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