baldric

noun4

1. •
   A broad belt, originally of leather and often richly ornamented, worn diagonally from shoulder to hip (across the breast and under the opposite arm), which was formerly used to hold a sword, a bugle, etc., and is now chiefly worn for ceremonial purposes; also (loosely), any belt.

   • Athvvart his brest a bauldrick braue he vvare, / That shind, like tvvinkling stars, vvith stones most pretious rare. — 1590
2. •
   (no longer used) A (usually leather) strap from which the clapper of a bell is suspended.

   • [P]aid to the Collermaker of Leawsam for a bawdricke for the great bell … … … iijs. — 1585
3. •
   (no longer used) A necklace.
4. •
   (figurative, no longer used) The zodiac (“belt-like region of the celestial sphere, approximately eight degrees north and south of the ecliptic, which includes the apparent path of the sun, moon, and visible planets”).

   • [S]he [Astraea] hath novv an euerlasting place, / Mongst those tvvelue signes, vvhich nightly vve doe see / The heauens bright-shining baudricke to enchace; […] — 1596