Belt
Definition of Belt
Pronunciation: bĕlt | n. | 1. | That which engirdles a person or thing; a band or girdle; as, a lady's belt; a sword belt. | | 2. | That which restrains or confines as a girdle. | | 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. | | 9. | (Nat. Hist.) A band or stripe, as of color, round any organ; or any circular ridge or series of ridges. | | v. t. | 1. | To encircle with, or as with, a belt; to encompass; to surround. | | 2. | To shear, as the buttocks and tails of sheep. |
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