Definition of Belts

1. Noun. (plural of belt) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Belts

1. belt [v] - See also: belt

Lexicographical Neighbors of Belts

belter
belters
beltful
beltfuls
belting
belting up
beltings
beltless
beltlike
beltline
beltlines
beltmaker
beltmakers
beltman
beltmen
belts (current term)
belts up
beltsful
beltway
beltways
beluga
beluga caviar
belugas
beluin
beluine
belute
belutes
beluting
belvedere
belvederes

Literary usage of Belts

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"belts THERE %vas a row in Silver Street that's near to Dublin Quay, Between an Irish regiment ... An' it was " belts, belts, belts, an' that's done for you! ..."

2. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1887)
"Preemption land is $2.50 an acre in belts A and B, $2 in belts 0 and D, ... The following lands have been disposed of within the railway belts in Manitoba ..."

3. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1844)
"VARIOUS prerogatives, which were formerly conceived to flow from the sovereignty of the Danish kings over the three sounds, Oeresund and the two belts, ..."

4. Plant-geography Upon a Physiological Basis by Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper (1903)
"IN contrast to the forests of the warm temperate belts the forests of the cold temperate belts have in the cold of winter a factor essentially determining ..."

5. Elements of Machine Design by Henry Leopold Nachman (1918)
"CHAPTER IX belts AND PULLEYS belts are made of various materials, such as leather, cotton, hemp and rubber. Leather is by far the commonest and best ..."

6. Belt Conveyors and Belt Elevators by Frederic Valerius Hetzel (1922)
"understood that the contractor will have no claim for damages against the purchaser for damaged belt or belts due to the cut. ..."

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