Dictionary entry

Belt (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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. Halliwell.