Meanings
plural belly busters
- slangA very large meal.
The food looks every bit as mouth-watering as the chain's 2,500-calorie belly-buster meals.
2015, Tamara Thompson, Fast Food, page 29 - oil industryA type of safety harness with a belt that wraps tightly around the belly.
The derrickman releases the "stabbing board", a pivoting plank like a diving board, then walks out to the very end and, wearing a safety harness called a "belly buster", leans out at a horrific angle to make sure the pipe is lined up straight.
2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest, NSW: Allen and Unwin, page 68
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