Bĕlt1, n.
[A-S. belt, Icel. belti, Sw. bält, Dan. bälte, bälte, Lat. balteus, Ir. & Gael. balt, baltan, built, border, belt.]
Sense 1. That which engirdles a person or thing; a band or girdle: as, a lady's belt: a sword belt: a belt of trees. “The shining belt with gold inlaid.” Dryden.
Sense 2. That which restrains or confines like a girdle. “Within the belt of rule.” Shak.
Sense 3. (Arch.) A course of stone projecting beyond the rest, either plain or figured. Gwill.
Sense 4. (Astron.) One of certain girdles or zones which surround the planet Jupiter.
Sense 5. (Geog.) A narrow passage or strait; as, the Great Belt and the Lesser Belt, in the Baltic Sea.
Sense 6. (Her.) A token or badge of knightly rank.
Sense 7. (Mech.) A strap or band of leather, prepared India rubber, or other flexible substance, passing around two wheels, and communicating motion from one to the other. [See Illust. of Pulley.]
Sense 8. (Nat. Hist.) A band or stripe, as of color, round any organ, or any circular ridge or series of ridges.
Sense 9. A disease among sheep.