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B — Belled to Belt (Part 7 of 7)

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.