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black belt
[black a.]
1. That portion of the southern United States (see quot. 1905) in which the coloured population is most numerous. Also transf.
1875Congress. Rec. Jan. 342/1 During this campaign I made a number of speeches in Georgia. I spoke in what is known as the ‘Black Belt’. 1898Ibid. Feb. 1594/1 The Fourth Alabama Congressional district..was composed entirely of Black belt counties. 1905N.Y. Even. Post 21 Nov. 3 The Black Belt has a curiously irregular shape. Extending from Virginia across North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, to Mississippi and Southern Louisiana, it stretches a narrow arm across the river and up into southern and central Arkansas. 1960Guardian 8 Dec. 8/3 Would it have been possible for you to have lived with your white wife in the North reasonably unmolested? If we had kept within the Black Belt.
2. A belt of fertile black soil.
1870Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. XXVI. 120 The black soil lies in an extensive bed..the black belt running from the head of the Gulf in a north-westerly direction. 1883E. A. Smith Rep. Alabama Geol. Surv. 1881–82 268 The Black Belt or Canebrake Region. This division of the prairie region is underlaid by the Rotten Limestone before described. 1901B. T. Washington Up from Slavery 108 The term ‘Black Belt’..was first used to designate a part of the country which was distinguished by the colour of the soil.
3. The belt worn by one who has attained a certain degree of proficiency in judo; also, a person qualified to wear such a belt.
1913E. J. Harrison Fighting Spirit of Japan iv. 59 Costume in the practice of judo... The only outward distinction of rank in the Kano school lies in the colour of the belt... From shodan upwards a black belt is worn. 1954E. Dominy Teach yourself Judo vii. 75 If unable to obtain the usual grip, you will find it almost as effective—many Black Belts consider it better—to place one or both your arms outside your opponent's arms. 1960Oxf. Mail 10 Mar. 8/2 The Cambridge captain, D. J. Mason..a black belt of 1st dan (teacher grade). 1967‘J. Munro’ Money that Money can't Buy vii. 81 His black belt Loomis knew all about, but what dan he held was a secret. |