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Entry 11 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Belt

/(bĕlt)/ · IPA /bɛlt/
01 n. That which engirdles a person or thing; a band or girdle; as, a lady's belt; a sword belt.
  1. 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. 2.
    That which restrains or confines as a girdle.
    “He cannot buckle his distempered cause Within the belt of rule.” — Shak.
  3. 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. 4.
    Same as Band, n., 2. A very broad band is more properly termed a belt.(Arch.) See: Band
  5. 5.
    One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.(Astron.)
  6. 6.
    A narrow passage or strait; as, the Great Belt and the Lesser Belt, leading to the Baltic Sea.(Geog.)
  7. 7.
    A token or badge of knightly rank.(Her.)
  8. 8.
    A band of leather, or other flexible substance, passing around two wheels, and communicating motion from one to the other.(Mech.)
  9. 9.
    A band or stripe, as of color, round any organ; or any circular ridge or series of ridges.(Nat. Hist.)
Phrases & compounds
Belt lacing — thongs used for lacing together the ends of machine belting.
02 v. t. To encircle with, or as with, a belt; to encompass; to surround.
imp. & p. p. Belted; p. pr. & vb. n. Belting
  1. 1.
    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. 2.
    To shear, as the buttocks and tails of sheep.[Prov. Eng.]