belt

belt is a   Noun

Definition:

[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] Same as Band, n., 2. A very broad band is more properly termed a belt.

[5] One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.

[6] A narrow passage or strait; as, the Great Belt and the Lesser Belt, leading to the Baltic Sea.

[7] A token or badge of knightly rank.

[8] A band of leather, or other flexible substance, passing around two wheels, and communicating motion from one to the other.

[9] 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.

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