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!. From Wordnik.com. [Elvenblood]
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 folded diaper around the baby. From Wordnik.com. [Emergency Childbirth A Reference Guide for Students of the Medical Self-help Training Course, Lesson No. 11] Reference
The cover features an impressive triple-bellyband. From Wordnik.com. [Jordan Crane’s elaborate cover art for Michael Chabon « Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog] Reference
He pulled her bobbed tail over the britchen and then buckled the bellyband. From Wordnik.com. [The Dirty Life] Reference
If a sterile dressing is not available, no dressing or bellyband should be used. From Wordnik.com. [Emergency Childbirth A Reference Guide for Students of the Medical Self-help Training Course, Lesson No. 11] Reference
Vetch was already ducking under Kashet's chest to undo the bellyband when Ari's words made him blink. From Wordnik.com. [Joust]
Guayaquil was two degrees south of the equator, the imaginary bellyband of the planet after which the country itself was named. From Wordnik.com. [Galapagos]
The stableboy grinned, and took down, not a saddle, but a light pad with a bellyband; hardly more than a couple of layers of cloth cut in the shape of a small saddle. From Wordnik.com. [Brightly Burning]
There is great danger of having the bellyband too tight, and, in the early weeks, it is often the cause of great discomfort -- often interfering with the normal expansion of the stomach at meal time. From Wordnik.com. [The Mother and Her Child] Reference
A collar harness does not provide for the vertical force, so if a collar is used, the saddle has to be provided separately - but then it can have the advantage of being made more stable with a girth or bellyband under the donkey's belly. From Wordnik.com. [3.1 Cattle harness] Reference
It's a full-color, 48-page book, wrapped with a bellyband. From Wordnik.com. [Daily Slurp Gallery] Reference
She was well primed with a good load of Delahunt's port under her bellyband. From Wordnik.com. [Ulysses] Reference
And I love the signature Ceci bellyband she creates to wrap around each invite. From Wordnik.com. [tell me about it] Reference
Fechars brig, and in parts o 'the road the water was so deep that it lapped his horse's bellyband. From Wordnik.com. [The House with the Green Shutters] Reference
"Yes, sir," said Peter Riney, running round to the other side of a cart, to fasten a horse's bellyband to the shaft. From Wordnik.com. [The House with the Green Shutters] Reference
And the emptier the lighter became, the more room the cattle had to rush about in it; to capture each one so as to put a bellyband on it was a desperate adventure. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Midshipman Easy]
It is made as follows: -- A board of light wood, fourteen inches long and eight inches high, or thereabouts, is heavily weighted along its lower edge, so as to float upright in the water; a string like the bellyband of a kite, and for the same purpose, is fastened to it; and to this belly-band the end of a line, furnished with a dozen hooks at intervals, is tied. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries] Reference
She was well primed with a good load of Delahunt’s port under her bellyband. From Wordnik.com. [Ulysses] Reference
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