the part of the body between the chest and hips
the greatly constricted part of the abdomen of a wasp, fly, etc
the part of a garment covering the body at the waist or waistline
the part of something corresponding to or resembling the human waist
the middle part of a sailing ship between foremast and mainmast
the middle section of the fuselage of an aircraft
waistless adj
[Middle English wast, of Germanic origin; related to Old English weaxan to grow, wax3]