midriff : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: midriff	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for midriff
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
midriff n the middle area of the human torso (usually in front); "young American women believe that a bare midriff is fashionable" Synonym(s): middle, midriff, midsection (anatomy) a muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities; functions in respiration Synonym(s): diaphragm, midriff
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Midriff \Mid"riff\, n. [AS. midhrif; midd mid, middle + hrif bowels, womb; akin to OFries. midref midriff, rif, ref, belly, OHG. href body, and to L. corpus body. See {Corpse}.] (Anat.) See {Diaphragm}, n., 2. Smote him into the midriff with a stone. --Milton.