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Webster 1913 Edition

Belt

Belt

(bĕlt)
,
Noun.
[AS.
belt
; akin to Icel.
belti
, Sw.
bälte
, Dan.
bælte
, 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.
Shakespeare
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
,
Noun.
, 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.
[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.

Belt

,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Belt

BELT

,
Noun.
[L.balteus.]
1.
A girdle; a band,usually of leather, in which a sword or other weapon is hung.
2.
A narrow passage, or strait between the isle of Zealand and that of Funen at the entrance of the Baltic,usually called the Great Belt. The Lesser Belt is the passage between the isle of Funen, and the coast of Jutland.
3.
A bandage or band used by surgeons for various purposes.
4.
In astronomy, certain girdles or rings, which surround the planet Jupiter, are called belts.
5.
A disease among sheep,cured by cutting off the tail, laying the sore bare, then casting mold on it, and applying tar and goose grease.

BELT

,
Verb.
T.
To encircle.

Definition 2024

Belt

Belt

See also: belt, bèlt, and bełt

English

Proper noun

Belt

  1. A surname​.
  2. A town in Montana

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɛlt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlt

Noun

Belt m ‎(genitive Belts or Beltes, plural Belte)

  1. (in the Baltic Sea) strait between an island and the continent
  2. (Denmark) strait

Declension

Synonyms

belt

belt

See also: bełt, Belt, and bèlt

English

Noun

Belts.
Belts in a machine.

belt ‎(plural belts)

  1. A band worn around the waist to hold clothing to one's body (usually pants), hold weapons (such as a gun or sword), or serve as a decorative piece of clothing.
    As part of the act, the fat clown's belt broke, causing his pants to fall down.
  2. A band used as a restraint for safety purposes, such as a seat belt.
    Keep your belt fastened; this is going to be quite a bumpy ride.
  3. A band that is used in a machine to help transfer motion or power.
    The motor had a single belt that snaked its way back and forth around a variety of wheels.
  4. Anything that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses like a belt; a strip or stripe.
    a belt of trees; a belt of sand
  5. A trophy in the shape of a belt, generally awarded for martial arts.
    the heavyweight belt
  6. (astronomy) A collection of rocky-constituted bodies (such as asteroids) which orbit a star.
  7. (astronomy) One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.
  8. A powerful blow, often made with a fist or heavy object.
    After the bouncer gave him a solid belt to the gut, Simon had suddenly had enough of barfighting.
  9. A quick drink of liquor.
    Care to join me in a belt of scotch?
  10. (usually capitalized) A geographical region known for a particular product, feature or demographic (Corn Belt, Bible Belt, Black Belt, Green Belt).
  11. (baseball) The part of the strike zone at the height of the batter's waist.
    That umpire called that pitch a strike at the belt.
  12. (weaponry) device that holds and feeds cartridges into a belt-fed weapon

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Derived terms

Translations

Verb

belt ‎(third-person singular simple present belts, present participle belting, simple past and past participle belted)

  1. (transitive) To encircle.
    The small town was belted by cornfields in all directions.
  2. (transitive) To fasten a belt.
    Edgar belted himself in and turned the car's ignition.
    The rotund man had difficulty belting his pants, and generally wore suspenders to avoid the issue.
  3. (transitive) To hit with a belt.
    The child was misbehaving so it was belted as punishment.
  4. (transitive) and intransitive To scream or sing in a loud manner.
    He belted out the national anthem.
  5. (transitive) To drink quickly, often in gulps.
    He belted down a shot of whisky.
  6. (transitive, slang) To hit someone or something.
    The angry player belted the official across the face, and as a result was ejected from the game.
  7. (transitive, baseball) To hit a pitched ball a long distance, usually for a home run.
    He belted that pitch over the grandstand.
  8. (intransitive) To move very fast
    He was really belting along.

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Afrikaans

Etymology

Borrowing from English belt.

Noun

belt ‎(plural belde)

  1. belt

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛlt

Etymology 1

Probably a variant of bult.

Noun

belt m ‎(plural belten, diminutive beltje n)

  1. (archaic) heap, hill
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

belt m ‎(plural belten, diminutive beltje n)

  1. (Suriname) (clothing) belt
Synonyms

Etymology 3

Verb

belt

  1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of bellen
  2. (archaic) plural imperative of bellen

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic بَلَد ‎(balad), under classical root ب ل د ‎(b-l-d).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛlt/

Noun

belt f ‎(plural bliet)

  1. city, town

Related terms

  • belti
  • belt kapitali
  • Il-Belt

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *baltijaz. Cognate with Old High German balz, Old Norse belti.

Pronunciation

Noun

belt m ‎(nominative plural beltas)

  1. belt

Declension

Descendants

Etymology

From Middle English belt, from Old English belt ‎(“belt, girdle”), from Proto-Germanic *baltijaz ‎(“girdle, belt”), from Latin balteus ‎(“belt, sword-belt”), of Etruscan origin. Cognate with Scots belt ‎(“belt”), Dutch belt, German Balz ‎(“belt”), Danish bælte ‎(“belt”), Swedish bälte ‎(“belt, cincture, girdle, zone”) and Icelandic belti ‎(“belt”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɛlt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlt
  • IPA(key): /belt/

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