(n.) That which engirdles a person or thing; a band or girdle; as,
a lady's belt; a sword belt.
(n.) That which restrains or confines as a girdle.
(n.) 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.
(n.) Same as Band, n., 2. A very broad band is more properly
termed a belt.
(n.) One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets
Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.
(n.) A narrow passage or strait; as, the Great Belt and the Lesser
Belt, leading to the Baltic Sea.
(n.) A token or badge of knightly rank.
(n.) A band of leather, or other flexible substance, passing
around two wheels, and communicating motion from one to the other.
(n.) A band or stripe, as of color, round any organ; or any
circular ridge or series of ridges.
(v. t.) To encircle with, or as with, a belt; to encompass; to
surround.
(v. t.) To shear, as the buttocks and tails of sheep.
