Meaning

2 senses
  1. A strophium: a band worn around the breasts.

  2. A band of canvas, attached to a ship's rigging, that provides support for the man heaving the lead in heavy weather.

Origin

From breast + band.

From breast + band.

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Forms

plural: breastbands
Singularbreastband
Pluralbreastbands

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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