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Belted \Belt"ed\, a.

1. Encircled by, or secured with, a belt; as, a belted plaid; girt with a belt, as an honorary distinction; as, a belted knight; a belted earl. [1913 Webster]

2. Marked with a band or circle; as, a belted stalk. [1913 Webster]

3. Worn in, or suspended from, the belt. [1913 Webster]

Three men with belted brands. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]

Belted cattle, cattle originally from Dutch stock, having a broad band of white round the middle, while the rest of the body is black; -- called also blanketed cattle. [1913 Webster] Beltein


Belt \Belt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Belted; p. pr. & vb. n. Belting.]

To encircle with, or as with, a belt; to encompass; to surround. [1913 Webster]

A coarse black robe belted round the waist. --C. Reade. [1913 Webster]

They belt him round with hearts undaunted. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]

2. To shear, as the buttocks and tails of sheep. [Prov. Eng.]

--Halliwell. [1913 Webster]


belted adj
1: having or provided with a belt; "a belted dress" [ant: beltless, unbelted]




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