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: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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