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 ]

n. [ Gael. bealltainn, bealltuinn. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The first day of May (Old Style). [ 1913 Webster ]

The quarter-days anciently in Scotland were Hallowmas, Candlemas, Beltane, and Lammas. New English Dict. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A festival of the heathen Celts on the first day of May, in the observance of which great bonfires were kindled. It still exists in a modified form in some parts of Scotland and Ireland. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Encircled by, or secured with, a belt; as, a belted plaid; girt with a belt, as an honorary distinction; as, a belted knight; a belted earl. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Marked with a band or circle; as, a belted stalk. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Worn in, or suspended from, the belt. [ 1913 Webster ]

Three men with belted brands. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

Belted cattle, cattle originally from Dutch stock, having a broad band of white round the middle, while the rest of the body is black; -- called also blanketed cattle. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. See Beltane. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The material of which belts for machinery are made; also, belts, taken collectively. [ 1913 Webster ]