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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Belt \Belt\ (b[e^]lt), n. [AS. belt; akin to Icel. belti, Sw. b[aum]lte, Dan. b[ae]lte, 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. [1913 Webster] The shining belt with gold inlaid. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. That which restrains or confines as a girdle. [1913 Webster] He cannot buckle his distempered cause Within the belt of rule. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 4. (Arch.) Same as {Band}, n., 2. A very broad band is more properly termed a belt. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 6. (Geog.) A narrow passage or strait; as, the Great Belt and the Lesser Belt, leading to the Baltic Sea. [1913 Webster] 7. (Her.) A token or badge of knightly rank. [1913 Webster] 8. (Mech.) A band of leather, or other flexible substance, passing around two wheels, and communicating motion from one to the other. Note: [See Illust. of {Pulley}.] [1913 Webster] 9. (Nat. Hist.) A band or stripe, as of color, round any organ; or any circular ridge or series of ridges. [1913 Webster] {Belt lacing}, thongs used for lacing together the ends of machine belting. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Belt \Belt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Belted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Belting}.] To encircle with, or as with, a belt; to encompass; to surround. [1913 Webster] A coarse black robe belted round the waist. --C. Reade. [1913 Webster] They belt him round with hearts undaunted. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster] 2. To shear, as the buttocks and tails of sheep. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: belt n 1: endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys 2: a band to tie or buckle around the body (usually at the waist) 3: an elongated region where a specific condition or characteristic is found; "a belt of high pressure" 4: a vigorous blow; "the sudden knock floored him"; "he took a bash right in his face"; "he got a bang on the head" [syn: {knock}, {bash}, {bang}, {smash}, {belt}] 5: a path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing) [syn: {swath}, {belt}] 6: ammunition (usually of small caliber) loaded in flexible linked strips for use in a machine gun [syn: {belt}, {belt ammunition}, {belted ammunition}] 7: the act of hitting vigorously; "he gave the table a whack" [syn: {knock}, {belt}, {rap}, {whack}, {whang}] v 1: sing loudly and forcefully [syn: {belt out}, {belt}] 2: deliver a blow to; "He belted his opponent" 3: fasten with a belt; "belt your trousers" [ant: {unbelt}]