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Definition of Belts
1. belt [v] - See also: belt
Lexicographical Neighbors of Belts
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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