Obs. In 5 wom(e)tye, wombtye, 6 womtoe. [f. WOMB sb. + TIE sb., TOW sb.2 Cf. WAME-TOW, WANTY.] A girth or belly-band.
1481–3. Acc. Exch. K. R., 496. No. 26 (P.R.O.). Bely girthez Wometyes.
1485. in Compotus Rolls Obedientiaries St. Swithun’s, Winch. (1892), 383. Et in corda empta ad faciendum lez Wombtyes liijd.
1587. Wills & Inv. Durham (Surtees), II. 150. ij load saddles, a womtoe and a halter.
