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belted, ppl. a.|ˈbɛltɪd|
[f. belt v., n.1]
1. Wearing, or girded with, a belt; spec. as describing the distinctive cincture of an earl or knight (cf. belt n.1 1 b); fastened on by means of a belt.
1483Cath. Angl. 27/1 Beltyd, zonatus, cinctus. c1565R. Lindsay Cron. Scotl. 17 (Jam.) This Willame was the sixt belted earle of the hous of Douglas. 1795Burns ‘A Man's a Man’, A prince can mak a belted knight. 1805Scott Last Minstr. i. iv, With belted sword and spur on heel. 1820― Abbot ii. Were he himself the son of a belted earl.
2. Furnished with a belt or belts of any kind; marked by belts or bands of distinctive colour, etc. belted cattle: black cattle of Dutch origin with a broad band of white round the middle.
1785Cowper Tiroc. 633 The moons of Jove and Saturn's belted ball. 1844Marryat Settl. Canada ix. 67 The belted kingfisher darted up and down. 1884Pall Mall G. 8 Dec. 5/1 Belted cruisers of the Mersey type. |