Belted
['beltɪd] or ['bɛltɪd]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Belt
(a.) Encircled by, or secured with, a belt; as, a belted plaid; girt with a belt, as an honorary distinction; as, a belted knight; a belted earl.
(a.) Marked with a band or circle; as, a belted stalk.
(a.) Worn in, or suspended from, the belt.
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Examples
- There he stood, in his belted Holland blouse, a light cap covering his head, which undress costume suited him. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- There stood our Professor, wearing, not his savage-looking palet?t and severe bonnet-grec, but a young-looking belted blouse and cheerful straw hat. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The next resort of Edison was to belts, the armature shafting belted to a countershaft on the locomotive frame, and the countershaft belted to a pulley on the car-axle. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The lathes were worked right out in the street, and belted through the windows of the shop. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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