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Belt lacing
(gcide) | Belt \Belt\ (b[e^]lt), n. [AS. belt; akin to Icel. belti, Sw.
b[aum]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.
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The shining belt with gold inlaid. --Dryden.
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2. That which restrains or confines as a girdle.
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He cannot buckle his distempered cause
Within the belt of rule. --Shak.
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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.
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4. (Arch.) Same as Band, n., 2. A very broad band is more
properly termed a belt.
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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.
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6. (Geog.) A narrow passage or strait; as, the Great Belt and
the Lesser Belt, leading to the Baltic Sea.
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7. (Her.) A token or badge of knightly rank.
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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.]
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9. (Nat. Hist.) A band or stripe, as of color, round any
organ; or any circular ridge or series of ridges.
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Belt lacing, thongs used for lacing together the ends of
machine belting.
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