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English Dictionary: Belted by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
belted
adj
  1. having or provided with a belt; "a belted dress" [ant: beltless, unbelted]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Belt \Belt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Belted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Belting}.]
      To encircle with, or as with, a belt; to encompass; to
      surround.
  
               A coarse black robe belted round the waist. --C. Reade.
  
               They belt him round with hearts undaunted.
                                                                              --Wordsworth.
  
      2. To shear, as the buttocks and tails of sheep. [Prov. Eng.]
            --Halliwell.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Belted \Belt"ed\, a.
      1. 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.
  
      2. Marked with a band or circle; as, a belted stalk.
  
      3. Worn in, or suspended from, the belt.
  
                     Three men with belted brands.            --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      {Belted cattle}, cattle originally from Dutch stock, having a
            broad band of white round the middle, while the rest of
            the body is black; -- called also {blanketed cattle}.
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