 I remember the first time I heard that, I thought, the ab what? The abdomen, you know. I'll just go with abdomen. That's how I always learned it. Anyways, it's your midsection. Okay, we got that? That's what the breastplate would cover. Now, around our waist, we are wrapped with integrity. Character created, yes, through the application of the word of God. The truth of God manifested in the life coming out as truth in character.