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Belt (bĕlt), n. [AS. belt; akin to Icel. belti, Sw. bälte, Dan. bælte, OHG. balz, L. balteus, Ir. & Gael. balt border, belt.]
1. That which engirdles a person or thing; a band or girdle; as, “a lady's belt; a sword belt”.
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The shining belt with gold inlaid. Dryden.
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2. That which restrains or confines as a girdle.
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He cannot buckle his distempered cause
Within the belt of rule. Shak.
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3. Anything that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses like a belt; a strip or stripe; as, “a belt of trees; a belt of sand”.
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4. (Arch.) Same as Band, n., 2. A very broad band is more properly termed a belt.
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5. (Astron.) One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.
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6. (Geog.) A narrow passage or strait; as, “the Great Belt and the Lesser Belt, leading to the Baltic Sea”.
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7. (Her.) A token or badge of knightly rank.
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8. (Mech.) A band of leather, or other flexible substance, passing around two wheels, and communicating motion from one to the other. [See Illust. of Pulley.]
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9. (Nat. Hist.) A band or stripe, as of color, round any organ; or any circular ridge or series of ridges.
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Belt lacing, thongs used for lacing together the ends of machine belting.
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Belt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Belted; p. pr. & vb. n. Belting.] To encircle with, or as with, a belt; to encompass; to surround.
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A coarse black robe belted round the waist. C. Reade.
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They belt him round with hearts undaunted. Wordsworth.
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2. To shear, as the buttocks and tails of sheep. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
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