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.
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.