noun a covering for the hands of boxers, made of leather bands, and often loaded with lead or iron.
2. cestus ·noun a girdle; particularly that of aphrodite (or venus) which gave the wearer the power of exciting love.
3. cestus ·noun a genus of ctenophora. the typical species (cestus veneris) is remarkable for its brilliant iridescent colors, and its long, girdlelike form.