Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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.
A coarse black robe belted round the waist. --C. Reade.
They belt him round with hearts undaunted.
--Wordsworth.
2. To shear, as the buttocks and tails of sheep. [Prov. Eng.]
--Halliwell.
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.
Source : WordNet®
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 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}]
5: a path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing) [syn: {swath}]
6: the act of hitting vigorously; "he gave the table a whack"
[syn: {knock}, {rap}, {whack}, {whang}]
belt
v 1: sing loudly and forcefully [syn: {belt out}]
2: deliver a blow to; "He belted his opponent"
3: fasten with a belt; "belt your trousers" [ant: {unbelt}]