CESTUS
- a hand covering for ancient Roman boxers, also CAESTUS [n CESTUSES or CESTI]
- a belt or girdle [n CESTI] / a hand covering for ancient Roman boxers [n CESTI, CESTUSES]
- girdle or belt, esp. as worn by women of ancient Greece
- the girdle of Venus, decorated with every object that could arouse amorous desire
- hand covering made of leather strips and often covered with metal studs, worn by boxers