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▪ I. belting, vbl. n.|ˈbɛltɪŋ|
[f. belt v., n.1]
1. a. The action of the vb. belt.
b. Beating, thrashing.
1854A. E. Baker Gloss. Northampt. Words s.v. Belt, ‘He got a good belting.’ 1896A. Morrison Child of Jago 33 The belting was bad..very bad. 1907Westm. Gaz. 16 Aug. 5/2 He is a very bad boy... After a ‘belting’ he seems worse.
2. concr. Belts collectively, or material for making them; also, a belt.
1567Wills & Inv. N.C. (1835) 277 To my sister Margrett my best deny, my long belting best crooks. 1571ibid. 362, ij doss' ½ of crewle beltinge iijs. 1855Engineer 15 May (Advt.) Single and Double Leather Belting. 1876Daily News 3 Nov. 4/4, I rode into a belting of wood. 1884A. Daniell Princ. Phys. 162 Belting.—There is a very interesting and familiar case in which friction serves as a means for the transmission of energy—that is, transmission by machine-belting. 1898Westm. Gaz. 14 Jan. 9/3 Men mounted the belting of the ship. 1910Ibid. 11 Jan. 5/2 The snapping of some of the steel belting. 1964McCall's Sewing xii. 225/1 Commercial belting gives the most professional looking belt and never loses its shape.
▪ II. ˈbelting, ppl. a.
[f. belt v. + -ing2.]
Girdling, encircling, surrounding.
1857Emerson Poems 178 From nodding pole and belting zone. 1871G. Macdonald Bk. Dreams in Wks. Fancy & Imag. 120 The belting trees. |