Definition of belt

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Belt (n.) A narrow passage or strait; as, the Great Belt and the Lesser Belt, leading to the Baltic Sea..

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Step :: Step (v. i.) One of a series of offsets, or parts, resembling the steps of stairs, as one of the series of parts of a cone pulley on which the belt runs..
Band :: Band (v. t.) A belt or strap.
Lingel :: Lingel (n.) A little tongue or thong of leather; a lacing for belts.
Roller :: Roller (n.) A long, belt-formed towel, to be suspended on a rolling cylinder; -- called also roller towel..
Conveyor :: Conveyor (n.) A contrivance for carrying objects from place to place; esp., one for conveying grain, coal, etc., -- as a spiral or screw turning in a pipe or trough, an endless belt with buckets, or a truck running along a rope..
Leg :: Leg (n.) The case containing the lower part of the belt which carries the buckets.
Elevator :: Elevator (n.) A mechanical contrivance, usually an endless belt or chain with a series of scoops or buckets, for transferring grain to an upper loft for storage..
Belting :: Belting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bel.
Clasp :: Clasp (n.) An adjustable catch, bent plate, or hook, for holding together two objects or the parts of anything, as the ends of a belt, the covers of a book, etc..
Beltane :: Beltane (n.) A festival of the heathen Celts on the first day of May, in the observance of which great bonfires were kindled. It still exists in a modified form in some parts of Scotland and Ireland..
Baldric :: Baldric (n.) A broad belt, sometimes richly ornamented, worn over one shoulder, across the breast, and under the opposite arm; less properly, any belt..
Belt :: Belt (n.) A band of leather, or other flexible substance, passing around two wheels, and communicating motion from one to the other..
Unbelt :: Unbelt (v. t.) To remove or loose the belt of; to ungird.
Cincture :: Cincture (n.) A belt, a girdle, or something worn round the body, -- as by an ecclesiastic for confining the alb..
Drum :: Drum (n.) A cylinder on a revolving shaft, generally for the purpose of driving several pulleys, by means of belts or straps passing around its periphery; also, the barrel of a hoisting machine, on which the rope or chain is wound..
Shifter :: Shifter (n.) An arrangement for shifting a belt sidewise from one pulley to another.
Waist :: Waist (n.) A girdle or belt for the waist.
Belt :: Belt (n.) Same as Band, n., 2. A very broad band is more properly termed a belt..
Baudrick :: Baudrick (n.) A belt. See Baldric.
Belting :: Belting (n.) The material of which belts for machinery are made; also, belts, taken collectively..
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