sash belt

sash belt (plural sash belts)

1. A belt that is fastened by tying.
   • 1912, Fabrics, Fancy Goods and Notions- Volume 46, page 18:

     Another very attractive sash belt is made in the same manner, but instead of the belt being plain patent leather, it is made of three pieces of leather and two of elastic belting, the center piece of leather being ornamented with a buckle to match the ones at the front.

   • 2021, Alison Smith, The Dressmaking Book, page 208:

     It can be worn with a sash belt as shown here, or with a buckle belt for a more formal look.

   • 2022, Claire McCardell, What Shall I Wear?::

     The advantages of sash belts are endless.

2. The portion of a lap sash seatbelt that goes over the shoulder and down to the hip.
   • 1975, Proceedings - International Congress on Automotive Safety, page 844:

     Over 90 per cent of these were of the lap-sash type in which the sash belt cannot be separated from the lap belt.

   • 1996, Proceedings: The Fifteenth International Technical Conference on Enhanced Safety of Vehicles, page 1100:

     The relationship between sash belt force and the angle of recline of the sash also helped to explain other observations from the electronics results.

   • 2010, The Choice Guide to Baby Product, page 123:

     Always use a lap/sash belt rather than just a lap belt, and make sure the belt fits properly; the lap belt should sit over your child's hip and the sash belt should sit on the shoulder without touching the neck.

3. (Native Americans) A beaded strip of woven cloth that is suspended from above, used by Navajo women for support during childbirth or to support a loom for weaving.
   • 1997, Maureen Trudelle Schwarz, Molded in the Image of Changing Woman, page 133:

     In addition to wanting shielding and protection prayers, women who choose to use the sash belt provided in each of the birthing rooms at Chinle hospital or who bring their own sashes to other birthing centers often have a short pollet blessing performed before the birth.

   • 2001, Rose Mitchell, Charlotte Johnson Frisbie, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     When I went somewhere to help, I made sure someone had hung up the sash belt or tied a rope to one of the crossbeams in the roof of the hogan.

   • 2003, Ellen K. Moore, Navajo Beadwork: Architectures of Light, page 116:

     When a woman gives birth she holds on to the Sash Belt and faces "the east direction in a kneeling position in a hogan."

   • 2005, John Holiday, Robert S. McPherson, A Navajo Legacy, page 266:

     While they are tying to the fork of the tree a sash belt or wool rope used to tighten a rug loom, they sing a song.