Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Belt \Belt\ (b[e^]lt), n. [AS. belt; akin to Icel. belti, Sw.
   b["a]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.

            The shining belt with gold inlaid.    --Dryden.

   2. That which restrains or confines as a girdle.

            He cannot buckle his distempered cause Within the
            belt of rule.                         --Shak.

   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.

   4. (Arch.) Same as {Band}, n., 2. A very broad band is more
      properly termed a belt.

   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.

   6. (Geog.) A narrow passage or strait; as, the Great Belt and
      the Lesser Belt, leading to the Baltic Sea.

   7. (Her.) A token or badge of knightly rank.

   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}.]

   9. (Nat. Hist.) A band or stripe, as of color, round any
      organ; or any circular ridge or series of ridges.

   {Belt lacing}, thongs used for lacing together the ends of
      machine belting.