Cestus

Webster's Dictionary

(1): (n.) A girdle; particularly that of Aphrodite (or Venus) which gave the wearer the power of exciting love.

(2): (n.) A covering for the hands of boxers, made of leather bands, and often loaded with lead or iron.

(3): (n.) A genus of Ctenophora. The typical species (Cestus Veneris) is remarkable for its brilliant iridescent colors, and its long, girdlelike form.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

A girdle worn by Greek and Roman women, specially the girdle of Aphrodité, so emblazoned with symbols of the joys of love that no susceptible soul could resist the power of it; it was borrowed by Hera to captivate Zeus.