beltedadj.
/ˈbɛltᵻd/, U.S. /ˈbɛltəd/ 1.
a. Wearing or girded with a belt; girded with a weapon. Later also: secured in the seat of a motor vehicle, aeroplane, etc., by a seat belt.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > sword > [adjective] > belted
belteda1400
society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > [adjective] > wearing a seat-belt or safety restraint
restrained1952
belted1953
seat-belted1967
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6087 Yee be alle belted, wit staf in hand.
a1425 Rule St. Benet (Lansd.) (1902) 20 (MED) Ye sal lie clad and beltyd.
1676 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Iliads ii. 27 Like Jove in head and face; Belted like Mars.
1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 753 Booted sportsmen, oftener seen With belted waist and pointers at their heels.
1832 Ld. Tennyson Palace of Art ix, in Poems (new ed.) 71 The belted hunter blew His wreathèd buglehorn.
1883 Swinton's Story-teller 10 Oct. 25/1 He was belted, booted, and spurred, and had a large grey sombrero.
1953 Southwest Rev. 38 158/1 I have been crisscrossing this Southwest..as a belted passenger by plane.
1983 Which? Sept. 401/2 Even a belted driver can hit his head on the steering wheel in a severe crash.
2009 J. Banville Infinities 108 One of them [sc. men] will be standing in front of her, suited and belted, tie neatly knotted and a flower in his buttonhole.
b. spec. originally Scottish. Designating an earl or knight, or (less commonly) a noble of another rank; see belt v. 1c(b). Frequently in belted earl, in later use often loosely designating any male aristocrat.Frequently with intensifying force.
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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > earl, count, or countess > [adjective] > belted
beltedc1600
c1600 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 24 This Williame was the sext beltit Erle of that hous of Douglas.
a1662 T. Craufurd Notes & Observ. G. Buchanan's Hist. Scotl. (1708) 38 Was knighted, was made a Belted Knight, as then was used.
a1783 Rose Red in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1892) IV. viii. 418 'Twas never my mither's fashion..That belted knights shold eer remain Where ladies dreed their pine.
1820 W. Scott Monastery III. i. 5 I have seen a belted baron sit on a bare bench and find nae fault.
1886 J. K. Jerome Idle Thoughts 26 A belted earl may be..get-overable by flattery; just as every other human being is.
1932 Amer. Mag. June 130/2 It brung 'Is Majesty's Viceroy to 'is knees in no time, and 'e was a belted lord, not just the first orcifer of a bleedin' yacht.
1980 R. Herron in F. Picano True Likeness 105 Before their very eyes, 85 refined and well-bred Americans saw a belted Countess turn into a psychotic sex fiend.
2016 Daily Mail (Nexis) 1 Apr. These days, if you find a belted earl in Mayfair, he'll probably be working as a concierge.
2. Of a garment: fastened or drawn in with a belt. Also of a weapon, bag, etc.: worn on or fastened to the body by means of a belt; girded on.See also belted plaid n. at Compounds, belted plaidie n. at Compounds.
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1570 R. Sempill Regentis Trag. (single sheet) With sychis and sobbis, and beltit robbis, Ye counterfite the dule.
1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 41 A child before it be so old as to wear belted Truese.
1784 Whitehall Evening-post 28–30 Dec. The black slouched hat is now added to the belted great coat among our parading fair.
1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel i. iv. 11 With belted sword, and spur on heel.
1863 D. W. Thompson tr. Homer Iliad xvi, in Museum July 150 And from his shoulders fell upon the ground The belted shield, that reach'd from head to foot.
1881 D. J. Snider Walk in Hellas i. 17 Out of a belted pouch lashed about his waist peer forth the handle of a long knife and a horse pistol.
1921 Manch. Guardian 7 Jan. 14/2 Both boys take off their threadbare coats and stand against each other in belted trousers and shirts, collarless and none too clean.
2000 R. B. Parker Perish Twice (2001) 195 Jermaine was wearing a belted Harris tweed overcoat and a dark brown scally cap.
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a. Designating cattle or pigs having a mainly dark coat with a distinctive broad stripe of white around the middle, or a breed so marked; characteristic of such a breed.See also Belted Galloway n. at Compounds.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [adjective] > of particular breeds
belted1582
loaghtan1702
merino1780
Teeswater1786
Ryeland1790
Anglo-Merino1806
East Friesian1895
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > breeds of ox > [adjective] > of miscellaneous breeds of ox
belted1582
West Highland1761
Dunlop1793
middle-horned1796
East Friesian1856
Podolian1879
criollo1893
Simmental1906
beef-dairy1960
1582 Edinb. Test. XI. 220 in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Beltit Ane quhyt beltit ox with uther foure ky.
1799 J. Bullar Compan. Tour Southampton v. 123 The cattle are all of the same breed, and are curiously belted round the body with a broad stripe of white.]
1867 Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1866 296 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (39th Congr., 2nd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 107) XV We may well suppose, however, that..the black and white belted cattle of Holland, and others less distinct in breed, came over.
1882 J. MacDonald & J. Sinclair Hist. Polled Aberdeen or Angus Cattle v. 75 At Gowanfold, in Rathen, there was a belted race—black animals with a white belt round their waist.
1888 G. W. Curtis Horses, Cattle, Sheep & Swine xxii. 98 Prof. Low attributes the first appearance of the belted marking to a cross between two fixed original breeds of opposite color.
1912 Amer. Naturalist 46 647 The pigmentation however in the most carefully selected race fluctuates in extent precisely as it does in Holstein or in Dutch Belted cattle.
1950 A. L. Anderson Swine Managem. iv. 71 Hogs of a belted color pattern were reported in Massachusetts as early as 1820.
2008 V. Porter Field Guide Cattle 81 Other belted breeds include the Belted Galloway and the Belted Welsh.
b. gen. Encircled with, surrounded by, or bearing a distinctive or contrasting strip, band, or stripe of any kind; banded, striped.Also with preceding modifying word indicating the colour, nature, or material of the belt to form parasynthetic adjectives, some of which are treated at the first element, as forest-belted, red-belted, etc.
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the world > matter > colour > variegation > stripiness > [adjective] > broad striped
bandy1552
belted1756
broad-banded1904
1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. i. 399 The belted black and white Nerite.
1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 633 The moons of Jove and Saturn's belted ball. View more context for this quotation
1834 Entomol. Mag. Apr. 203 Prothorax black, with the posterior portion testaceous, giving the insect [sc. Rhyzopertha cincta] a belted appearance.
1861 J. B. Kerridge Eden, & Other Poems 27 Bright burnish'd clouds, they float on high, And dappled is the belted sky.
1869 H. James Let. 27 Dec. (1974) I. 182 Towns..huddled together within the dark-belted circuit of their walls.
1921 W. L. Stidger Flash-lights from Seven Seas x. 194 In between the two lighthouses vague, dim, mist-belted mountains of the China coast loomed through the dusk.
1955 M. M. Tymeson Worcester Bankbk. 37 The imposing marble-belted building on Main Street had been sold in 1834, although the bank continued to stay there, renting its space.
2008 J. W. McAnally Jupiter & how to observe It iii. 48 Earth's atmosphere introduces chromatic effects that at low altitude are considerable and are particularly apt to vitiate color estimates in the case of a belted planet like Jupiter.
4. Designating a (type of) warship fitted with a layer of thick metal armour plating around the outside or (less commonly) inside of the hull; see belt n.1 4. Now chiefly historical.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [adjective] > armour-plated
armour-clad1768
mail-clad1777
iron-cased1855
ironclad1855
iron-plated1855
iron-sided1855
armoured1859
iron-clothed1859
mailed1860
armour-plated1862
cuirassed1864
belted1865
Harveyed1894
up-armoured1978
1865 Standard 9 Mar. 7/1 A belted ship carries less weight than a fully armoured ship.
1887 Engineer 4 Nov. 366/2 The armament is considerably more powerful, as she has four guns of the heaviest type instead of two as the belted class have.
1901 Notes Naval Progr. (U.S. Office Naval Intelligence: Gen. Information Ser. No. 20) i. 50 The Drake ships are belted Powerfuls, and the Kent cruisers are modifications of the Cressy.
1978 Mariner's Mirror 64 31 The Board instructed Barnaby to work out two alternative versions, one a protected, the other a belted cruiser.
2008 R. Parkinson Late Victorian Navy iv. 151 In one sense at this stage in the development of cruisers, the protected and belted types merged.
5. Operating by means of a flexible continuous belt that transmits motion and power from one component to another; acted on by such a belt; = belt-driven adj. at belt n.1 Compounds 3.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > mechanism > [adjective] > driving mechanism
clockwork1764
belted1868
belt-driven1883
1868 Sabbath at Home Nov. 657 Turn, belted wheels, with shaft and gear.
1885 Telegr. Jrnl. & Electr. Rev. 5 Sept. 217/2 The saving of over half or nearly two-thirds of the power at present employed in all belted machinery.
1931 Mining Mag. Apr. 234/2 The unit is mounted on one base and driven by means of a belted pulley.
2012 E. Barrows & A. Neely Managing Performance in Turbulent Times x. 221 Its product portfolio includes industrial clutches and brakes,..belted drives, couplings, engineered bearing assemblies along with a variety of other components.
6. Of ammunition: linked together in a flexible strip by means of which individual cartridges are fed into a machine gun in rapid succession. Cf. belt n.1 13.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [adjective] > types of cartridge
central fire1841
centre-fire1855
Greener1856
pin-fire1867
rimfire1867
rim ignition1867
Flobert1890
belted1916
magnum1935
1916 Sunset May 18/2 A machine-gun type..which must be reloaded with clips frequently instead of firing belted ammunition.
1943 Camden (Arkansas) Times 12 Aug. 1/5 They deliver..belted machine-gun ammunition to all airplanes of the combat squadrons.
1983 Techn. Man. No. 9-1005-313-23 (U.S. Dept. Army) 2-1 (table) a. Field-strip machine gun and inspect for missing parts. b. Clean and lubricate. c. Reassemble. d. Function, using belted dummy cartridges.
1993 ‘A. McNab’ Bravo Two Zero (1994) v. 89 We had four Minimis... They can take belted ammunition in disintegrating link in boxes of 200, or ordinary magazines.
2016 S. Coonts Liberty's Last Stand xvi. 226 Crates of M4s,..hand grenades, belted ammo, and pistols.
7. Originally and chiefly North American. Designating a tyre fitted with a strip of reinforcing material (esp. steel) beneath the tread for greater durability. Frequently with preceding modifying word specifying the material used, as steel-belted, Kevlar-belted, etc. Cf. belt n.1 5.
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1958 SAE Jrnl. June 56 (table) Belted tire—radial carcass—textile breaker.
1975 Winnipeg Free Press 9 Sept. 44 (advt.) Kevlar-Belted Multi-Cord. The greatest bias-belted tire made.
1980 Car & Driver May 24/1 Rib design up-front: the big footprint, big mileage belted model on the rear—an ideal combination.
1983 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 14 Aug. (Late City Final ed.) v. 7/1 One of the things that I did was to renew my acquaintance with the car. I put gold-colored shock absorbers on it. And steel-belted radial whitewalls.
2006 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 30 June (Final ed.) g7 Wisps of rusty metal from burned belted tires lay strewn like clumps of seaweed washed ashore among the remaining field of tires and roofing.
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Belted Galloway n. a variety of the Galloway breed of beef cattle, characterized by a black or dark-red coat with a broad band of white encircling the middle of the body; an animal of this breed.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > breeds of ox > [noun] > of Scotland
Galloway1805
Skye1807
Angus1814
Skye1834
Aberdeen Angus1839
Shetland1849
Ayrshire1856
Belted Galloway1906
1906 Dairy 15 Jan. 13 There were two specimens like the Belted Galloway shown, a variety which is being revived; a black poll like the others, but with a white band round the middle of its body.
1948 J. P. Goodwin Brit. can breed It 18/1 From earliest times there have been belted cattle in Southern Scotland and the Northern counties of England, but the origins of the Belted Galloway are largely speculative.
2016 Dumfries & Galloway Standard (Nexis) 29 July 6 He started buying Belted Galloways, Longhorns and Highland cattle to fatten for three individual butchers who sought the marketing qualities of fantastic individual flavour.
belted kingfisher n. a large kingfisher widespread in North America, Megaceryle alcyon, having a blue-grey band across the chest and an additional rufous band on the belly in the female.Latham (quot. 1782) attributes the name to Thomas Pennant, whose description was not published until 1785 ( Arctic Zool. II. 279).
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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Coraciiformes (kingfisher, etc.) > [noun] > family Alcedinidae > member of genus Ceryle
kingfisher1440
pied kingfisher?1606
belted kingfisher1782
1782 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds I. ii. 637 Belted Kingfisher.
1844 F. Marryat Settlers in Canada ix. 67 The belted kingfisher darted up and down.
1999 J. Raban Passage to Juneau iii. 163 The splash of a belted kingfisher plopping into the cove a hundred yards off sounded as if someone had chucked a brick into the water.
belted plaid n. chiefly Scottish (now chiefly historical) a plaid (plaid n.1 2a) loosely gathered around the body and secured at the waist with a belt so as to leave a portion of material hanging down to cover all or part of the legs.For men the belted plaid is typically worn down to the knees and was a standard part of men's Highland dress until the mid 18th cent., after which it was replaced by the kilt. For women it is typically worn down to the ankles.
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1652 Perfect Diurnall No. 141. 2109 His attendants are so many naked peeces of Mortality, sometimes trust up in bonnets and belted plades, or trowses, instead of breeches.
1794 J. Ritson Scotish Songs II. 91 The blew-cap lads, with belted plaids, Syne scamper'd o'ver the border.
1808 W. Scott Marmion v. v. 247 The chequered trews, and belted plaid.
1968 I. McGregor Edinb. Reel i. 10 Six years ago he had gone away wearing his belted plaid and bonnet.
2003 Scotl. Mag. Jan. 60/2 By the early 18th century, the belted plaid had become much shorter to give freedom of movement for work, walking and battle.
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1724 A. Ramsay Tea-table Misc. (new ed.) I. 169 If I were free at Will to chuse To be the wealthiest Lawland Lady, I'd take young Donald without Trews, With Bonnet blew and belted Plaidy.
1876 in H. W. Longfellow Poems of Places: Scotl. II. 114 Short hose an' belted plaidie, Garters tyed below his knee.
1921 E. Wylie Nets to catch Wind 8 It's better a leddie like Solomon's lily Than one that'll run like a Hielan' gillie A-linkin' it ower the leas, my laddie, In a raggedy kilt an' a belted plaidie!
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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