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n. - A strap around the stomach of a draft animal holding the shafts of a wagon; A cloth strap that is worn around the waist (as on infants until the navel has healed).

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  • Lorryn clung to the slick back, wishing the alicorn would at least tolerate some kind of bellyband to give him something to hold on to!
  • A sterile dressing about 4 inches square should be placed over the cut end of the cord at the baby's navel and should be held in place by wrapping a "bellyband" or...
  • The cover features an impressive triple-bellyband.
  • He pulled her bobbed tail over the britchen and then buckled the bellyband.
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