"kidney belt" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kidney belts",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "kidney belt (plural kidney belts)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1977, Michael K. Orbach, Hunters, Seamen, and Entrepreneurs, page 91",
          "text": "Around his midsection the driver wears a \"kidney belt\" — a wide, heavy elastic belt — to protect his internal organs and back from the jarring he will encounter.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1999 December 1, “A Girl, 7, Leads the Pack on Dirt Bikes”, in New York Times, retrieved 2014-01-05",
          "text": "As a safety precaution, Mr. Markellon and his wife, Dawn, have purchased protective gear for Marissa that includes not only a helmet, but chest protector, kidney belt and kneepads as well.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 December 12, Andrew Trotman, “How it feels to hurtle down an Olympic bobsleigh run”, in Telegraph, UK, retrieved 2014-01-05",
          "text": "I was also wearing a very tight “kidney belt” that helped protect my organs from “feeling like they have been punched by a boxer”.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A wide belt sometimes worn by weight lifters, motorcyclists, manual laborers, and others who are liable to experience stress in the lower back region, for the purpose of providing lumbar support."
      ],
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          "weight lifter",
          "weight lifter"
        ],
        [
          "motorcyclist",
          "motorcyclist"
        ],
        [
          "manual laborer",
          "manual laborer"
        ],
        [
          "stress",
          "stress"
        ],
        [
          "lumbar",
          "lumbar"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "kidney belt"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kidney belts",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "kidney belt (plural kidney belts)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1977, Michael K. Orbach, Hunters, Seamen, and Entrepreneurs, page 91",
          "text": "Around his midsection the driver wears a \"kidney belt\" — a wide, heavy elastic belt — to protect his internal organs and back from the jarring he will encounter.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1999 December 1, “A Girl, 7, Leads the Pack on Dirt Bikes”, in New York Times, retrieved 2014-01-05",
          "text": "As a safety precaution, Mr. Markellon and his wife, Dawn, have purchased protective gear for Marissa that includes not only a helmet, but chest protector, kidney belt and kneepads as well.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 December 12, Andrew Trotman, “How it feels to hurtle down an Olympic bobsleigh run”, in Telegraph, UK, retrieved 2014-01-05",
          "text": "I was also wearing a very tight “kidney belt” that helped protect my organs from “feeling like they have been punched by a boxer”.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A wide belt sometimes worn by weight lifters, motorcyclists, manual laborers, and others who are liable to experience stress in the lower back region, for the purpose of providing lumbar support."
      ],
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          "weight lifter"
        ],
        [
          "motorcyclist",
          "motorcyclist"
        ],
        [
          "manual laborer",
          "manual laborer"
        ],
        [
          "stress",
          "stress"
        ],
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          "lumbar",
          "lumbar"
        ]
      ]
    }
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  "word": "kidney belt"
}