| • | That which engirdles a person or thing; a band or girdle; as, a lady's belt; a sword belt. |
| • | That which restrains or confines as a girdle. |
| • | 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. |
| • | Same as Band, n., 2. A very broad band is more properly termed a belt. |
| • | One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds. |
| • | A narrow passage or strait; as, the Great Belt and the Lesser Belt, leading to the Baltic Sea. |
| • | A token or badge of knightly rank. |
| • | A band of leather, or other flexible substance, passing around two wheels, and communicating motion from one to the other. |
| • | A band or stripe, as of color, round any organ; or any circular ridge or series of ridges. |
| • | To encircle with, or as with, a belt; to encompass; to surround. |
| • | To shear, as the buttocks and tails of sheep. |
