Hypertext Webster Gateway: "belting"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Belting \Belt"ing\, n.
The material of which belts for machinery are made; also,
belts, taken collectively.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

belting
n : the material of which belts are made


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