Definition of belt

• 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.
• 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.