Lexic.us

Definition of Belt up

1. Verb. Refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent. "The children shut up when their father approached"

Definition of Belt up

1. Verb. (commonwealth) To fasten one's seat belt. ¹

2. Verb. (commonwealth usually in imperative) To stop talking or chattering; shut up. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Belt Up

Literary usage of Belt up

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

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Iowa Territory, and occupies a broad belt up and down that stream. ... In Mississippi the chief growth has been through a broad belt up the river of the ..."

2. Frontier Retreat on the Upper Ohio, 1779-1781 by Louise Phelps Kellogg (1917)
"... who taking it up very chearfully, put it under his Arm, then after smoking a Pipe laid it on the ground before him, but soon taking the belt up again he ..."

3. Earthwork and Its Cost: A Handbook of Earth Excavation by Halbert Powers Gillette (1920)
"The original machine was built with two belts, one horizontal belt across the canal and up the slope, and a second belt up and across a movable bridge. ..."

4. A Text Book of Ore Dressing by Robert Hallowell Richards (1909)
"... settle to the lower layer, while those of lower specific gravity rise to the upper layer. A continuous slow movement of the belt up the slope drags the ..."

5. Modern Engineering Practice: A Reference Library by American School (Chicago, Ill.) (1906)
"But if we pull the belt up too tightly, when we begin to drive, Tu becomes too great, and the belt breaks or is under such stress that it wears out quickly. ..."

6. Cyclopedia of Modern Shop Practice: A Manual of Shop Practice, Pattern edited by Howard Monroe Raymond (1906)
"But if we pull the belt up too tightly, when we begin to drive, Tn becomes too great, and the belt breaks or is "under such stress that it wears out quickly ..."

7. Cyclopedia of Drawing by Alfred E Zapf, Ill American School (Chicago (1907)
"But if we pull the belt up too tightly, when we begin to drive, Tn becomes too great, and the belt breaks or is under such stress that it wears out quickly. ..."

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