chastity belt en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From chastity + belt.
Meanings
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A belt-like garment, designed to be worn over the genitals and locked to prevent sexual intercourse, typically for long periods of time, to maintain chastity, prevent masturbation, or to enforce BDSM submission.
He can inspect the Historical Cabinet, which includes a segment of Napoleon’s intestine—now believed to be perfectly genuine—a chastity belt, the mummy of the first Mrs. Van Butchell, and pieces of the skin of England's foes once nailed to the doors of parish churches.
1910 December 3, “Review of The Illustrated Guide to the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons, England”, in The British Medical Journal, number 2605, →ISSN, →JSTOR, page 1778:[…] the custom [of female infibulation], I think, does not appear in Greek or Roman life, and the virgin girdles of antiquity have nothing in common with the chastity belts, although certain of the customs clustering around the use of these sashes suggest ideas allied to the notion of a forcible closure of the private parts.
1931, Eric John Dingwall, The Girdle of Chastity: A Medico-historical Study, London: George Routledge & Sons, retrieved 07 Jan 2021, page 10:There can be little doubt that the imposition of chastity belts upon women in order to allay masculine jealousy, and the operation of infibulation upon male slaves by their mistresses for the sake of lust, are two of the most remarkable customs ever devised by mankind in its efforts to control the intricacies of the erotic life.
1931, Eric John Dingwall, The Girdle of Chastity: A Medico-historical Study, London: George Routledge & Sons, retrieved 07 Jan 2021, page 164:Coordinate term: chastity cage
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| chastity belts | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (25)
nb kyskhetsbelte (belt-like garment) · da kyskhedsbælte (belt-like garment) · sv kyskhetsbälte (belt-like garment) · yue 貞操帶 /贞操带 (belt-like garment) · br gouriz diorged (belt-like garment) · es cinturón de castidad (belt-like garment) · pt cinto de castidade (belt-like garment) · ro centură de castitate (belt-like garment) · ru пояс верности (belt-like garment) · nn kyskleiksbelte (belt-like garment) · cs pás cudnosti (belt-like garment) · hu erényöv (belt-like garment) · pl pas cnoty (belt-like garment) · cmn 貞操帶 /贞操带 (belt-like garment) · it cintura di castità (belt-like garment) · fi siveysvyö (belt-like garment) · tr bekâret kemeri (belt-like garment) · fr ceinture de chasteté (belt-like garment) · nl kuisheidsgordel (belt-like garment) · ru пояс невинности (belt-like garment) · ko 정조대 (belt-like garment) · de Keuschheitsgürtel (belt-like garment) · ja 貞操帯 (belt-like garment) · eo zono de ĉasteco (belt-like garment) · bg девствен пояс (belt-like garment)