meaning of belter

1. That which engirdles a person or thing; a band or girdle; as, a ladys belt; a sword belt.
2.
That which restrains or confines as a girdle.
3.
Anything that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses like a belt; a strip or stripe; as, a belt of trees; a belt of sand.
4.
Same as Band, n. , 2. A very broad band is more properly termed a belt.
5.
One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.
6.
A narrow passage or strait; as, the Great Belt and the Lesser Belt, leading to the Baltic Sea.
7.
A token or badge of knightly rank.
8.
A band of leather, or other flexible substance, passing around two wheels, and communicating motion from one to the other.
9.
A band or stripe, as of color, round any organ; or any circular ridge or series of ridges.
10.
To encircle with, or as with, a belt; to encompass; to surround.
11.
To shear, as the buttocks and tails of sheep.
12.
the act of hitting vigorously; "he gave the table a ">whack"


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