Adjacent Words

belted definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: having or provided with a belt; "a belted dress" [ant: beltless, unbelted]

Merriam Webster's

adjective see belt I

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If someone's jacket or coat, for example, is belted, it has a belt fastened round it. She wore a brown suede jacket, belted at the waist. ADJ