Definition: belt

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

belt
     n 1: endless loop of flexible material between two rotating
          shafts or pulleys
     2: a band to tie or buckle around the body (usually at the
        waist)
     3: an elongated region where a specific condition is found; "a
        belt of high pressure"
     4: a vigorous blow; "the sudden knock floored him"; "he took a
        bash right in his face"; "he got a bang on the head" [syn:
         knock, bash, bang, smash]
     5: a path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing) [syn: swath]
     6: the act of hitting vigorously; "he gave the table a whack"
        [syn: knock, rap, whack, whang]
     v 1: sing loudly and forcefully [syn: belt out]
     2: deliver a blow to; "He belted his opponent"
     3: fasten with a belt; "belt your trousers" [ant: unbelt]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

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.
Belt \Belt\ (b[e^]lt), n. [AS. belt; akin to Icel. belti, Sw.
   b["a]lte, Dan. b[ae]lte, OHG. balz, L. balteus, Ir. & Gael.
   balt border, belt.]
   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. (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.

Source: U.S. Gazetteer (1990) 

Belt, MT (city, FIPS 5275)
  Location: 47.38597 N, 110.92580 W
  Population (1990): 571 (282 housing units)
  Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 59412