GR translation: a dark figure in white webbing

[Michael Bailey]

Mike Jing wrote:


V.83.15-18, P84.41-85.3   The sentry, a dark figure in white webbing,
stands port-arms in your masked headlamps, and you must halt for him.
The dogs, engineered and lethal, are watching you from the woods.
Presently, as evening comes on, a few bitter flakes of snow begin to
fall.

What does the "white webbing" refer to exactly?




There’s a type of military belt called a web belt.
https://militaryuniformsupply.com/products/rothco-military-web-belts-with-buckle?variant=31470632697913&gclid=Cj0KCQjw2MWVBhCQARIsAIjbwoMQLQU7-FU5Mv86qSnwumke5i1fLgnnZ9o9XQf04wlqxgT_xoxi_wEaAtJXEALw_wcB


When I was a safety boy - 6th grade crossing guard - they issued us
something like the above, but it also went up over one shoulder.

https://www.safetyflag.com/products/8-belts-armbands/140-fluorescent-reflective-safbelts?gclid=Cj0KCQjw2MWVBhCQARIsAIjbwoPVZDSBZOSzQFyw29h20pEx4C6hjP-gJZZCsMraZf3EyNjoJSLu7kkaAji3EALw_wcB

(Ours, like the guard’s in the passage, were white)


Gratuitous personal reminiscence:
I got demoted to the loneliest corner for “goofing around too much.” My
erstwhile safety-boy comrade at the super busy corner ratted me out!

Got to admit, from this vantage, that does look like a pretty good call.

Thirteen Mile Road Beaumont Hospital entrance traffic not a good comedy
venue!

Corner of Hillside and Yorba Linda with 6 customers a day much better for
practicing stand-up. (-;
No hecklers or ambulances to worry about.