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Tuesday, November 5th, 2024
the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
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Belt
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(a word common to Teutonic languages, the Old Ger. form being balz, from which the Lat. balteus probably derived), a flat strap of leather or other material used as a girdle, especially the cinctura gladii or sword-belt, the chief "ornament of investiture" of an earl or knight; in machinery, a flexible strap passing round from one drum, pulley or wheel to another, for the purpose of power-transmission(q.v.). The word is applied to any broad stripe, to the belts of the planet Jupiter, to the armour-belt at the water-line of a warship, or to a tract of country, narrow in proportion to its length, with special distinguishing characteristics, such as the earthquake-belt across a continent.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Belt'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/b/belt.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Belt'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/b/belt.html. 1910.
