waist·band

(wāst′bănd′)

A band of material encircling and fitting the waist of a garment, such as pants or a skirt.

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waistband

(ˈweɪstˌbænd)

(Knitting & Sewing) an encircling band of material to finish and strengthen a skirt or trousers at the waist

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

waist•band

(ˈweɪstˌbænd, -bənd)

n.

a band encircling the waist, esp. as a part of a skirt or pair of trousers.

[1575–85]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

waistband - a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers

cincture, waistcloth, girdle, sash

band - a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body)

cummerbund - a broad pleated sash worn as formal dress with a tuxedo

Translations

الحافَّة العُليا للتنّورَه

linning

Bund

mittisband; strengur

cintura

kjolelinning skjørtelinning

bel yeri

腰带

waistband

[ˈweɪstbænd] N → pretina f, cinturilla f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

waistband

[ˈweɪstbænd] n → taille f
with an elasticated waistband → à taille élastique

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

waistband

[ˈweɪstˌbænd] n → cintura

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

waist

(weist) noun

1. (the measurement round) the narrow part of the human body between the ribs and hips. She has a very small waist.

2. the narrow middle part of something similar, eg a violin, guitar etc.

3. the part of an article of clothing which goes round one's waist. Can you take in the waist of these trousers?

ˈwaisted adjective

shaped to fit round the waist. a waisted jacket.

waistband (ˈweisbӕnd) noun

the part of a pair of trousers, skirt etc which goes round the waist. The waistband of this skirt is too tight.

waistcoat (ˈweiskəut) noun

(American vest) a short, usually sleeveless jacket worn immediately under the outer jacket. a three-piece suit consists of trousers, jacket and waistcoat.

waistband

n. cinto, cinturón.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

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Then holding the lance full before his waistband's middle, he levels it at the whale; when, covering him with it, he steadily depresses the butt-end in his hand, thereby elevating the point till the weapon stands fairly balanced upon his palm, fifteen feet in the air.

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Now, when I saw that mysterious petticoat, and realised that its wearer would probably be pretty and young and generally charming, and that probably her name was somewhere on the waistband, the spirit of whim rejoiced within me.

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Both resorted to the drinking-table without stint, but each in a different way; the lion for the most part reclining with his hands in his waistband, looking at the fire, or occasionally flirting with some lighter document; the jackal, with knitted brows and intent face, so deep in his task, that his eyes did not even follow the hand he stretched out for his glass--which often groped about, for a minute or more, before it found the glass for his lips.

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The girl rowed, pulling a pair of sculls very easily; the man, with the rudder-lines slack in his hands, and his hands loose in his waistband, kept an eager look out.

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Take your thumb out of your mouth and come to ride with Becky in your go-cart." She stretched out her strong young arms to the crowing baby, sat down in a chair with the child, turned her upside down unceremoniously, took from her waistband and scornfully flung away a crooked pin, walked with her (still in a highly reversed position) to the bureau, selected a large safety pin, and proceeded to attach her brief red flannel petticoat to a sort of shirt that she wore.

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Her foulard gown was as simple as genius could make it, and she wore no ornaments, save a fine clasp to her waistband of dull gold, quaintly fashioned, and the fine gold chain around her neck, from which hung her racing-glasses.

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In this exercise I once met an accident, which had like to have cost me my life; for, one of the pages having put my boat into the trough, the governess who attended Glumdalclitch very officiously lifted me up, to place me in the boat: but I happened to slip through her fingers, and should infallibly have fallen down forty feet upon the floor, if, by the luckiest chance in the world, I had not been stopped by a corking-pin that stuck in the good gentlewoman's stomacher; the head of the pin passing between my shirt and the waistband of my breeches, and thus I was held by the middle in the air, till Glumdalclitch ran to my relief.

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Amongst them, I remarked some women, dressed from the hips to knees in quite a crinoline of herbs, that sustained a vegetable waistband. Some chiefs had ornamented their necks with a crescent and collars of glass beads, red and white; nearly all were armed with bows, arrows, and shields and carried on their shoulders a sort of net containing those round stones which they cast from their slings with great skill.

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There were two roses in her waistband. She sat in a garden chair by the side of the lawn, holding a red parasol over herself, and the light on her face was very becoming.

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His valet made a fortune out of his wardrobe: his toilet-table was covered with as many pomatums and essences as ever were employed by an old beauty: he had tried, in order to give himself a waist, every girth, stay, and waistband then invented.

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Fumbling at his waistband, Saxon's hand had come in contact with a brightly inflamed surface larger than a soup plate

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His legs were encased in knee-cord breeches, and painted top-boots; and a copper watch-chain, terminating in one seal, and a key of the same material, dangled loosely from his capacious waistband.

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