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BELTING
belting
(noun) the material of which belts are made
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
belting
present participle of belt
Noun
belting (plural beltings)
A beating with a belt.
(figuratively) A thorough defeat; a thrashing.
A system of beltwork, as in a conveyor or other mechanical device.
The material from which belts for machinery are made.
Adjective
belting (not comparable)
(Northern English dialect) Very good; exceptional (can also be used adverbially)
She cooks belting good food.
Source: Wiktionary
Belt"ing, n.
Definition: The material of which belts for machinery are made; also, belts, taken collectively.
BELT
Belt, n. Etym: [AS. belt; akin to Icel. belti, Sw. bälte, Dan. bælte, OHG. balz, L. balteus, Ir. & Gael. balt bo
1. That which engirdles a person or thing; a band or girdle; as, a lady's belt; a sword belt. The shining belt with gold inlaid. Dryden.
2. That which restrains or confines as a girdle. He cannot buckle his distempered cause Within the belt of rule. Shak.
3. 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.
4. (Arch.)
Definition: Same as Band, n., 2. A very broad band is more properly termed a belt.
5. (Astron.)
Definition: One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.
6. (Geog.)
Definition: A narrow passage or strait; as, the Great Belt and the Lesser Belt, leading to the Baltic Sea.
7. (Her.)
Definition: A token or badge of knightly rank.
8. (Mech.)
Definition: A band of leather, or other flexible substance, passing around two wheels, and communicating motion from one to the other.
Note: [See Illust. of Pulley.]
9. (Nat. Hist.)
Definition: A band or stripe, as of color, round any organ; or any circular ridge or series of ridges. Belt lacing, thongs used for lacing together the ends of machine belting.
Belt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Belted; p. pr. & vb. n. Belting.]
Definition: To encircle with, or as with, a belt; to encompass; to surround. A coarse black robe belted round the waist. C. Reade. They belt him round with hearts undaunted. Wordsworth.
2. To shear, as the buttocks and tails of sheep. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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