Belt n.
 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. Same as Band, n., 2.   A very broad band is more properly termed a belt.
 5. Astron. 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. A narrow passage or strait; as, the Great Belt and the Lesser Belt, leading to the Baltic Sea.
 7. Her. A token or badge of knightly rank.
 8. Mech. 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. 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.