beltingn.

Brit.

/ˈbɛltɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈbɛltɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: belt n.¹, -ing suffix¹; belt v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: Partly < belt n.¹ + -ing suffix¹, and partly < belt v. + -ing suffix¹.With quot. 1676 at sense 1b compare earlier belt n.³ and belt adj. With use with reference to the action of beating (see sense 2b) compare pelting n.

a. Belts (in various senses) considered collectively; material for belts.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > leather > [noun] > leather for making belts

belting1567

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > belt or sash > collect

belting1567

sashery1864

sashing1864

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric for specific purpose > [noun] > for clothing > for other specific items of clothing

bleauntc1314

hosing1340

tays1350

belting1567

gartering1571

footing1707

girdling1720

petticoating1738

lungi1779

Bath-coating1791

trousering1830

costuming1833

jacketing1847

skirting1882

kitenge1960

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > [noun] > sheathing > armour-plating

belting1567

armour plate1683

belt1822

armour1838

armour plating1860

cuirass1860

belt armour1866

water-line armour1884

glacis plate1889

1567 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 277 To my sister Margrett my best deny, my long belting best crooks.

1572 Edinb. Test. II. f. 222^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) Ane pece of belting silk.

1739 Let. from Gentleman in Town to his Friend in Country 7 The Building..has no hewn Work but what was thought absolutely necessary for Strength as well as Decency, viz. Corners, a Base and Belting.

1773 Archaeologia 2 80 I saw several of those buildings called usually Penitential Towers; not one of them had either belting or girting.

1885 Engineer 3 July 8/3 The new method of placing armour belting..which forms a recess below the water-line of 5ft., would supply the place of the protecting fender which I proposed as a protection to a fixed crinoline.

1910 Westm. Gaz. 11 Jan. 5/2 The snapping of some of the steel belting.

2008 E. D. Yardley & L. R. Stace Belt Conveying of Minerals x. 152 The length of belting required and the size and weight of roll that can be accommodated are specified by the purchaser.

b. A belt (in various senses).

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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > [noun] > that which surrounds > encircling band or ring

sengilbondc1479

colletc1530

verge1573

engirdling1598

zone1605

girdlea1616

belting1676

belt1753

the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [noun] > wooded land

wold786

frith?826

woodland869

woodc897

rough1332

foresta1375

firth?a1400

weald1544

bocage1644

parkland1649

bush1780

sylvanry1821

forestry1823

belting1844

rukh1856

treescape1885

bush1912

1676 S. Degge Parson's Counsellor sig. b^v (table) Of Wool, Locks, Beltings, Neckings, and the Wool of Sheep that die of the rot.

1750 C. Smith Antient & Present State Cork I. ii. vi. 300 All the window frames, coigns, beltings and battlements were of hewn stone.

1844 12th Rep. N.Z. Company 35d For the first twenty miles the banks of both rivers are covered with an uninterrupted belting of wood.

1866 Gardner's Monthly Apr. 111/1 A curtain or belting of trees should encircle the lines of the enclosure so as to screen the boundary fences which are too conspicuous.

1974 D. Warner & P. Warner Tide at Sunrise ix. 187 Heavily armored with steel beltings and carrying four eight-inch and fourteen six-inch quick-firing guns.

2007 V. C. Chandrasekaran Essent. Rubber Formulary x. 44 The rubber compounds for these beltings surround a skeleton of textile cord or fabric or both.

a. The action of belt v. (in various senses); esp. the action of girding or providing with a belt.

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1587 L. Mascall First Bk. Cattell iii. 258 (table) Belting of sheepe.

1592 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1592/4/31 Sic persoun or persounes as hes already sen the..act of annexatioun ressavit the honouris, ordouris and estaittis of lordis of parliament be the solempne forme of belting and utheris ceremonies.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. ix. 176 Belting of sheep, is the dressing of them from filth.

1837 Jrnl. Franklin Inst. June 456 In this mode of belting the power of the weaving and dressing main belt is made to act against the stress of the first two belts.

1856 W. Salt Visits of Henry III. to Northern Counties (LSE Selected Pamphlets) 11 While he was performing in the Abbey Church the usual solitary watchings on the night previous to the belting of a knight.

1943 Courier-Express (DuBois, Pa.) 18 May 2/3 Montgomery is far from impressed by Beau or his belting.

2003 Sc. Hist. Rev. 82 201 The wedding followed the belting of Lord James as earl of Mar.

b. Originally British regional. A beating administered with a belt or similar implement.In quot. 1825 used figuratively of a defeat in battle.

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society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [noun] > beating > instance of

threshingOE

fustigation1428

breeching1520

trouncingc1550

bace1575

firking1594

belting1602

knave's grease1602

oil of baston1604

oil of birch1604

oil of hazel1604

oil of holly1604

oil of whip1604

lamb-pie1607

lamming1611

drubbing1650

vapulation1656

warming1681

floggation1688

working over1695

cullis1719

thrashing1720

halberd1756

licking1756

dressing1769

leathering1790

nointing1794

dusting1799

teasing1807

hiding1809

whopping1812

thrumming1823

toco1823

flaking1829

teaser1832

lathering1835

welting1840

pasting1851

towelling1851

whaling1852

hickory oil1855

swishing1859

slating1860

going-over1881

six of the best1912

belt beating1928

ass-kicking1943

stomping1958

seeing to1968

butt-kicking1970

1602 in S. Ree Rec. Elgin (1908) II. 107 Gif he be found fra the kirk on Sondayis [he] salbe puneist with a belting.

1825 ‘B. Truck’ Man-of-war's-man xvi, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 697/1 Och, by St. Patrick, and bad luck to them, their belts, and their beltings in darkness too, say I.

1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words I. 43 ‘He got a good belting.’

1896 A. Morrison Child of Jago 33 The belting was bad..very bad.

1968 G. M. Williams From Scenes like These v. 121 She told him..that her father had once caught her with a boy at the back of their house and sworn at him something awful and given her a belting.

2015 K. Howarth Settling Day xvii. 146 I adored Aunty Lorna..who had often stood between us when Mamma was about to give me a belting.

c. Music. Singing in a loud and powerful voice; spec. the action of bringing the chest voice up beyond its natural break while sustaining a loud volume; the use of the chest voice in this way considered as vocal technique. Cf. belt n.⁴ 3.The specific vocal technique described here is particularly associated with musical theatre.

ΚΠ

1957 Billboard 13 May 45/2 Miss Smith has a new vocal lightness that is more in keeping with today's tastes than the full-voiced belting that used to be her stock in trade.

1988 Med. Probl. Performing Artists Mar. 37/2 Belting is often heard in high, loud, rock singers, who need all the sound they can produce to compete against their amplified instruments.

1993 N.Y. Times 27 Apr. c13/6 Broadway's ‘Tommy’ subdues most of the music, trading Roger Daltrey's rock belting for conventional Broadway emoting.

2010 C. Baldy Student Voice xi. 82 Belting is a perfectly legitimate style of vocal production for the world of commercial theatre and musicals, but is a technique that needs to be learnt carefully.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

beltingadj.

Brit.

/ˈbɛltɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈbɛltɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: belt v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < belt v. + -ing suffix².In use with reference to extreme weather probably originally based on belt v. 9; compare earlier pelting adj.² 2. With the semantic development compare also beat v.¹ 6 and to beat down 5 at beat v.¹ Phrasal verbs. Compare later belt v. 13. With sense 4 perhaps compare earlier belter n.¹ 2. The following apparent earlier example of the word is more likely to show a typographical error for pelting adj.¹ (compare pilde peltinge prestes in quot. 1553 at that entry):1734 A. Dent Plain Man's Path-way to Heaven 103 These vile varlets and venomous vermine of the Earth, dare call them proud Prelates, pild persons, belting Priests.

1. Encircling, surrounding, girdling. Now somewhat rare.

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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > [adjective]

circumjacent1490

circumstant1545

circumvoisin1548

environing?a1560

encompassing1571

ambient1572

succingent1578

embracing1590

circling1594

girdling1598

circumdant1600

rounding1600

all round?1611

circumferent1620

circumsistent1625

circuiting1632

circulating1632

encircling1632

surrounding1637

begirting1645

circumambient1648

circumstantial1650

girding1658

skirtingc1735

entwining1737

circumadjacent1780

belting1808

engirdling1843

encyclic1850

engirding1852

zoning1853

roundaboutc1860

begirding1877

wraparound1957

1808 J. Cottle Fall of Cambria II. xxiii. 224 Now have they pierced The belting clouds that half-way veil the mount.

1829 Oriental Herald Sept. 420 I could even count the constellations on its glassy plane, and perfectly distinguish the whiteness of the belting galaxy.

1860 R. W. Emerson Beauty in Conduct of Life (U.S. ed.) 245 From nodding pole and belting zone.

1871 G. MacDonald Wks. Fancy & Imagination III. 120 For just the belting trees within, I saw my father wait.

1912 M. J. Cawein Poet, Fool & Faeries 33 Pale violet were the belting seas, And violet too both hill and dale.

2006 Chicago Rev. Spring 73 Its ‘surface’ is a membrane rather than a belting boundary.

2. colloquial. Of rain: falling heavily. Also less commonly of the sun: beating down.

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1853 E. Clacy Lady's Visit Gold Diggings Austral. iv. 48 Attempting to sink poles and erect tents..in a high wind and belting rain.

1964 Woodlawn (Illinois) Booster 24 June 1/1 The buses stopped..to pick up crowds of people who were waiting in the belting sun.

1986 Sunday Mail (Queensland) (Nexis) 22 June The harsh glare of a belting sun off Milton's hardcourt surface is not welcome.

2016 Noosa (Queensland) News (Nexis) 7 June 1 Belting rain and powerful surf..turned some of Noosa's hot spots into social backwaters.

3. colloquial (originally U.S.).

a. Of singing or a singer's voice: loud, powerful, penetrating. Cf. belting n. 2c.

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1951 Billboard 7 July 28/3 Socking, rocking novelty features a penetrating vocal job by Fisher, and belting combo backing.

1979 N.Y. Amsterdam News 10 Nov. 38/6 There is the belting singing of Ms. Clark on the heartfelt tune ‘Lord Don't Fail Me Now’ and it will have you in tears.

1998 Rec. Collector Apr. 78/3 Steve Ellis's belting, deep-throated vocal.

2016 Herald Sun (Austral.) (Nexis) 17 June 61 Amy G has an easy charm and a big belting voice.

b. Of a song or section of a song: written, sung, or performed in a rousing, highly energetic style.

ΚΠ

1957 Childress (Texas) Index 28 June 6/2 (headline) Tenor doesn't like to sing belting song.

1960 Tucson (Arizona) Daily Citizen 25 June 30/2 Pat Suzuki, who usually likes a belting number, takes it easy on a dozen ballads sung softly and with feeling.

1986 Stage & Television Today 7 Aug. 11/1 Suzi Quatro still has a bit of the Devil Gate Drive about her in the belting numbers.

2011 Oxfordshire Music Scene Dec. 26/2 It's got a..belting chorus that smacks of The Killers.

4. colloquial (chiefly British). Excellent, outstanding.

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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [adjective]

faireOE

bremea1000

goodlyOE

goodfulc1275

noblec1300

pricec1300

specialc1325

gentlec1330

fine?c1335

singulara1340

thrivena1350

thriven and throa1350

gaya1375

properc1380

before-passinga1382

daintiful1393

principala1398

gradelya1400

burlyc1400

daintyc1400

thrivingc1400

voundec1400

virtuousc1425

hathelc1440

curiousc1475

singlerc1500

beautiful1502

rare?a1534

gallant1539

eximious1547

jolly1548

egregious?c1550

jellyc1560

goodlike1562

brawc1565

of worth1576

brave?1577

surprising1580

finger-licking1584

admirablea1586

excellinga1586

ambrosial1598

sublimated1603

excellent1604

valiant1604

fabulous1609

pure1609

starryc1610

topgallant1613

lovely1614

soaringa1616

twanging1616

preclarent1623

primea1637

prestantious1638

splendid1644

sterling1647

licking1648

spankinga1666

rattling1690

tearing1693

famous1695

capital1713

yrare1737

pure and —1742

daisy1757

immense1762

elegant1764

super-extra1774

trimming1778

grand1781

gallows1789

budgeree1793

crack1793

dandy1794

first rate1799

smick-smack1802

severe1805

neat1806

swell1810

stamming1814

divine1818

great1818

slap-up1823

slapping1825

high-grade1826

supernacular1828

heavenly1831

jam-up1832

slick1833

rip-roaring1834

boss1836

lummy1838

flash1840

slap1840

tall1840

high-graded1841

awful1843

way up1843

exalting1844

hot1845

ripsnorting1846

clipping1848

stupendous1848

stunning1849

raving1850

shrewd1851

jammy1853

slashing1854

rip-staving1856

ripping1858

screaming1859

up to dick1863

nifty1865

premier cru1866

slap-bang1866

clinking1868

marvellous1868

rorty1868

terrific1871

spiffing1872

all wool and a yard wide1882

gorgeous1883

nailing1883

stellar1883

gaudy1884

fizzing1885

réussi1885

ding-dong1887

jim-dandy1888

extra-special1889

yum-yum1890

out of sight1891

outasight1893

smooth1893

corking1895

large1895

super1895

hot dog1896

to die for1898

yummy1899

deevy1900

peachy1900

hi1901

v.g.1901

v.h.c.1901

divvy1903

doozy1903

game ball1905

goodo1905

bosker1906

crackerjack1910

smashinga1911

jake1914

keen1914

posh1914

bobby-dazzling1915

juicy1916

pie on1916

jakeloo1919

snodger1919

whizz-bang1920

wicked1920

four-star1921

wow1921

Rolls-Royce1922

whizz-bang1922

wizard1922

barry1923

nummy1923

ripe1923

shrieking1926

crazy1927

righteous1930

marvy1932

cool1933

plenty1933

brahmaa1935

smoking1934

solid1935

mellow1936

groovy1937

tough1937

bottler1938

fantastic1938

readyc1938

ridge1938

super-duper1938

extraordinaire1940

rumpty1940

sharp1940

dodger1941

grouse1941

perfecto1941

pipperoo1945

real gone1946

bosting1947

supersonic1947

whizzo1948

neato1951

peachy-keen1951

ridgey-dite1953

ridgy-didge1953

top1953

whizzing1953

badass1955

wild1955

belting1956

magic1956

bitching1957

swinging1958

ridiculous1959

a treat1959

fab1961

bad-assed1962

uptight1962

diggish1963

cracker1964

marv1964

radical1964

bakgat1965

unreal1965

pearly1966

together1968

safe1970

bad1971

brilliant1971

fabby1971

schmick1972

butt-kicking1973

ripper1973

Tiffany1973

bodacious1976

rad1976

kif1978

awesome1979

death1979

killer1979

fly1980

shiok1980

stonking1980

brill1981

dope1981

to die1982

mint1982

epic1983

kicking1983

fabbo1984

mega1985

ill1986

posho1989

pukka1991

lovely jubbly1992

awesomesauce2001

nang2002

bess2006

amazeballs2009

boasty2009

daebak2009

beaut2013

1956 ‘J. Curtis’ Look Long upon Monkey ii. 33 You'd have a belting time too, in a cushy country like that. Boozers open all day long and them Irish colleens tearing around the place.

1997 Guardian 10 Mar. (Media section) 7/2 This is a belting idea, beautifully executed.

2007 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 17 Mar. (Sport section) Jigs were being danced and you just know a belting night was in store for the Irish in Kingston.

2015 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 3 Nov. 17 Bill was a belting bloke. He was a really friendly neighbourly man.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	belting
释义	beltingn. Brit. /ˈbɛltɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈbɛltɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: belt n.¹, -ing suffix¹; belt v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: Partly < belt n.¹ + -ing suffix¹, and partly < belt v. + -ing suffix¹.With quot. 1676 at sense 1b compare earlier belt n.³ and belt adj. With use with reference to the action of beating (see sense 2b) compare pelting n. 1. a. Belts (in various senses) considered collectively; material for belts. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > leather > [noun] > leather for making belts belting1567 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > belt or sash > collect belting1567 sashery1864 sashing1864 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric for specific purpose > [noun] > for clothing > for other specific items of clothing bleauntc1314 hosing1340 tays1350 belting1567 gartering1571 footing1707 girdling1720 petticoating1738 lungi1779 Bath-coating1791 trousering1830 costuming1833 jacketing1847 skirting1882 kitenge1960 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > [noun] > sheathing > armour-plating belting1567 armour plate1683 belt1822 armour1838 armour plating1860 cuirass1860 belt armour1866 water-line armour1884 glacis plate1889 1567 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 277 To my sister Margrett my best deny, my long belting best crooks. 1572 Edinb. Test. II. f. 222^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) Ane pece of belting silk. 1739 Let. from Gentleman in Town to his Friend in Country 7 The Building..has no hewn Work but what was thought absolutely necessary for Strength as well as Decency, viz. Corners, a Base and Belting. 1773 Archaeologia 2 80 I saw several of those buildings called usually Penitential Towers; not one of them had either belting or girting. 1885 Engineer 3 July 8/3 The new method of placing armour belting..which forms a recess below the water-line of 5ft., would supply the place of the protecting fender which I proposed as a protection to a fixed crinoline. 1910 Westm. Gaz. 11 Jan. 5/2 The snapping of some of the steel belting. 2008 E. D. Yardley & L. R. Stace Belt Conveying of Minerals x. 152 The length of belting required and the size and weight of roll that can be accommodated are specified by the purchaser. b. A belt (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > [noun] > that which surrounds > encircling band or ring sengilbondc1479 colletc1530 verge1573 engirdling1598 zone1605 girdlea1616 belting1676 belt1753 the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [noun] > wooded land wold786 frith?826 woodland869 woodc897 rough1332 foresta1375 firth?a1400 weald1544 bocage1644 parkland1649 bush1780 sylvanry1821 forestry1823 belting1844 rukh1856 treescape1885 bush1912 1676 S. Degge Parson's Counsellor sig. b^v (table) Of Wool, Locks, Beltings, Neckings, and the Wool of Sheep that die of the rot. 1750 C. Smith Antient & Present State Cork I. ii. vi. 300 All the window frames, coigns, beltings and battlements were of hewn stone. 1844 12th Rep. N.Z. Company 35d For the first twenty miles the banks of both rivers are covered with an uninterrupted belting of wood. 1866 Gardner's Monthly Apr. 111/1 A curtain or belting of trees should encircle the lines of the enclosure so as to screen the boundary fences which are too conspicuous. 1974 D. Warner & P. Warner Tide at Sunrise ix. 187 Heavily armored with steel beltings and carrying four eight-inch and fourteen six-inch quick-firing guns. 2007 V. C. Chandrasekaran Essent. Rubber Formulary x. 44 The rubber compounds for these beltings surround a skeleton of textile cord or fabric or both. 2. a. The action of belt v. (in various senses); esp. the action of girding or providing with a belt. ΚΠ 1587 L. Mascall First Bk. Cattell iii. 258 (table) Belting of sheepe. 1592 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1592/4/31 Sic persoun or persounes as hes already sen the..act of annexatioun ressavit the honouris, ordouris and estaittis of lordis of parliament be the solempne forme of belting and utheris ceremonies. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. ix. 176 Belting of sheep, is the dressing of them from filth. 1837 Jrnl. Franklin Inst. June 456 In this mode of belting the power of the weaving and dressing main belt is made to act against the stress of the first two belts. 1856 W. Salt Visits of Henry III. to Northern Counties (LSE Selected Pamphlets) 11 While he was performing in the Abbey Church the usual solitary watchings on the night previous to the belting of a knight. 1943 Courier-Express (DuBois, Pa.) 18 May 2/3 Montgomery is far from impressed by Beau or his belting. 2003 Sc. Hist. Rev. 82 201 The wedding followed the belting of Lord James as earl of Mar. b. Originally British regional. A beating administered with a belt or similar implement.In quot. 1825 used figuratively of a defeat in battle. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [noun] > beating > instance of threshingOE fustigation1428 breeching1520 trouncingc1550 bace1575 firking1594 belting1602 knave's grease1602 oil of baston1604 oil of birch1604 oil of hazel1604 oil of holly1604 oil of whip1604 lamb-pie1607 lamming1611 drubbing1650 vapulation1656 warming1681 floggation1688 working over1695 cullis1719 thrashing1720 halberd1756 licking1756 dressing1769 leathering1790 nointing1794 dusting1799 teasing1807 hiding1809 whopping1812 thrumming1823 toco1823 flaking1829 teaser1832 lathering1835 welting1840 pasting1851 towelling1851 whaling1852 hickory oil1855 swishing1859 slating1860 going-over1881 six of the best1912 belt beating1928 ass-kicking1943 stomping1958 seeing to1968 butt-kicking1970 1602 in S. Ree Rec. Elgin (1908) II. 107 Gif he be found fra the kirk on Sondayis [he] salbe puneist with a belting. 1825 ‘B. Truck’ Man-of-war's-man xvi, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 697/1 Och, by St. Patrick, and bad luck to them, their belts, and their beltings in darkness too, say I. 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words I. 43 ‘He got a good belting.’ 1896 A. Morrison Child of Jago 33 The belting was bad..very bad. 1968 G. M. Williams From Scenes like These v. 121 She told him..that her father had once caught her with a boy at the back of their house and sworn at him something awful and given her a belting. 2015 K. Howarth Settling Day xvii. 146 I adored Aunty Lorna..who had often stood between us when Mamma was about to give me a belting. c. Music. Singing in a loud and powerful voice; spec. the action of bringing the chest voice up beyond its natural break while sustaining a loud volume; the use of the chest voice in this way considered as vocal technique. Cf. belt n.⁴ 3.The specific vocal technique described here is particularly associated with musical theatre. ΚΠ 1957 Billboard 13 May 45/2 Miss Smith has a new vocal lightness that is more in keeping with today's tastes than the full-voiced belting that used to be her stock in trade. 1988 Med. Probl. Performing Artists Mar. 37/2 Belting is often heard in high, loud, rock singers, who need all the sound they can produce to compete against their amplified instruments. 1993 N.Y. Times 27 Apr. c13/6 Broadway's ‘Tommy’ subdues most of the music, trading Roger Daltrey's rock belting for conventional Broadway emoting. 2010 C. Baldy Student Voice xi. 82 Belting is a perfectly legitimate style of vocal production for the world of commercial theatre and musicals, but is a technique that needs to be learnt carefully. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). beltingadj. Brit. /ˈbɛltɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈbɛltɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: belt v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < belt v. + -ing suffix².In use with reference to extreme weather probably originally based on belt v. 9; compare earlier pelting adj.² 2. With the semantic development compare also beat v.¹ 6 and to beat down 5 at beat v.¹ Phrasal verbs. Compare later belt v. 13. With sense 4 perhaps compare earlier belter n.¹ 2. The following apparent earlier example of the word is more likely to show a typographical error for pelting adj.¹ (compare pilde peltinge prestes in quot. 1553 at that entry):1734 A. Dent Plain Man's Path-way to Heaven 103 These vile varlets and venomous vermine of the Earth, dare call them proud Prelates, pild persons, belting Priests. 1. Encircling, surrounding, girdling. Now somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > [adjective] circumjacent1490 circumstant1545 circumvoisin1548 environing?a1560 encompassing1571 ambient1572 succingent1578 embracing1590 circling1594 girdling1598 circumdant1600 rounding1600 all round?1611 circumferent1620 circumsistent1625 circuiting1632 circulating1632 encircling1632 surrounding1637 begirting1645 circumambient1648 circumstantial1650 girding1658 skirtingc1735 entwining1737 circumadjacent1780 belting1808 engirdling1843 encyclic1850 engirding1852 zoning1853 roundaboutc1860 begirding1877 wraparound1957 1808 J. Cottle Fall of Cambria II. xxiii. 224 Now have they pierced The belting clouds that half-way veil the mount. 1829 Oriental Herald Sept. 420 I could even count the constellations on its glassy plane, and perfectly distinguish the whiteness of the belting galaxy. 1860 R. W. Emerson Beauty in Conduct of Life (U.S. ed.) 245 From nodding pole and belting zone. 1871 G. MacDonald Wks. Fancy & Imagination III. 120 For just the belting trees within, I saw my father wait. 1912 M. J. Cawein Poet, Fool & Faeries 33 Pale violet were the belting seas, And violet too both hill and dale. 2006 Chicago Rev. Spring 73 Its ‘surface’ is a membrane rather than a belting boundary. 2. colloquial. Of rain: falling heavily. Also less commonly of the sun: beating down. ΚΠ 1853 E. Clacy Lady's Visit Gold Diggings Austral. iv. 48 Attempting to sink poles and erect tents..in a high wind and belting rain. 1964 Woodlawn (Illinois) Booster 24 June 1/1 The buses stopped..to pick up crowds of people who were waiting in the belting sun. 1986 Sunday Mail (Queensland) (Nexis) 22 June The harsh glare of a belting sun off Milton's hardcourt surface is not welcome. 2016 Noosa (Queensland) News (Nexis) 7 June 1 Belting rain and powerful surf..turned some of Noosa's hot spots into social backwaters. 3. colloquial (originally U.S.). a. Of singing or a singer's voice: loud, powerful, penetrating. Cf. belting n. 2c. ΚΠ 1951 Billboard 7 July 28/3 Socking, rocking novelty features a penetrating vocal job by Fisher, and belting combo backing. 1979 N.Y. Amsterdam News 10 Nov. 38/6 There is the belting singing of Ms. Clark on the heartfelt tune ‘Lord Don't Fail Me Now’ and it will have you in tears. 1998 Rec. Collector Apr. 78/3 Steve Ellis's belting, deep-throated vocal. 2016 Herald Sun (Austral.) (Nexis) 17 June 61 Amy G has an easy charm and a big belting voice. b. Of a song or section of a song: written, sung, or performed in a rousing, highly energetic style. ΚΠ 1957 Childress (Texas) Index 28 June 6/2 (headline) Tenor doesn't like to sing belting song. 1960 Tucson (Arizona) Daily Citizen 25 June 30/2 Pat Suzuki, who usually likes a belting number, takes it easy on a dozen ballads sung softly and with feeling. 1986 Stage & Television Today 7 Aug. 11/1 Suzi Quatro still has a bit of the Devil Gate Drive about her in the belting numbers. 2011 Oxfordshire Music Scene Dec. 26/2 It's got a..belting chorus that smacks of The Killers. 4. colloquial (chiefly British). Excellent, outstanding. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [adjective] faireOE bremea1000 goodlyOE goodfulc1275 noblec1300 pricec1300 specialc1325 gentlec1330 fine?c1335 singulara1340 thrivena1350 thriven and throa1350 gaya1375 properc1380 before-passinga1382 daintiful1393 principala1398 gradelya1400 burlyc1400 daintyc1400 thrivingc1400 voundec1400 virtuousc1425 hathelc1440 curiousc1475 singlerc1500 beautiful1502 rare?a1534 gallant1539 eximious1547 jolly1548 egregious?c1550 jellyc1560 goodlike1562 brawc1565 of worth1576 brave?1577 surprising1580 finger-licking1584 admirablea1586 excellinga1586 ambrosial1598 sublimated1603 excellent1604 valiant1604 fabulous1609 pure1609 starryc1610 topgallant1613 lovely1614 soaringa1616 twanging1616 preclarent1623 primea1637 prestantious1638 splendid1644 sterling1647 licking1648 spankinga1666 rattling1690 tearing1693 famous1695 capital1713 yrare1737 pure and —1742 daisy1757 immense1762 elegant1764 super-extra1774 trimming1778 grand1781 gallows1789 budgeree1793 crack1793 dandy1794 first rate1799 smick-smack1802 severe1805 neat1806 swell1810 stamming1814 divine1818 great1818 slap-up1823 slapping1825 high-grade1826 supernacular1828 heavenly1831 jam-up1832 slick1833 rip-roaring1834 boss1836 lummy1838 flash1840 slap1840 tall1840 high-graded1841 awful1843 way up1843 exalting1844 hot1845 ripsnorting1846 clipping1848 stupendous1848 stunning1849 raving1850 shrewd1851 jammy1853 slashing1854 rip-staving1856 ripping1858 screaming1859 up to dick1863 nifty1865 premier cru1866 slap-bang1866 clinking1868 marvellous1868 rorty1868 terrific1871 spiffing1872 all wool and a yard wide1882 gorgeous1883 nailing1883 stellar1883 gaudy1884 fizzing1885 réussi1885 ding-dong1887 jim-dandy1888 extra-special1889 yum-yum1890 out of sight1891 outasight1893 smooth1893 corking1895 large1895 super1895 hot dog1896 to die for1898 yummy1899 deevy1900 peachy1900 hi1901 v.g.1901 v.h.c.1901 divvy1903 doozy1903 game ball1905 goodo1905 bosker1906 crackerjack1910 smashinga1911 jake1914 keen1914 posh1914 bobby-dazzling1915 juicy1916 pie on1916 jakeloo1919 snodger1919 whizz-bang1920 wicked1920 four-star1921 wow1921 Rolls-Royce1922 whizz-bang1922 wizard1922 barry1923 nummy1923 ripe1923 shrieking1926 crazy1927 righteous1930 marvy1932 cool1933 plenty1933 brahmaa1935 smoking1934 solid1935 mellow1936 groovy1937 tough1937 bottler1938 fantastic1938 readyc1938 ridge1938 super-duper1938 extraordinaire1940 rumpty1940 sharp1940 dodger1941 grouse1941 perfecto1941 pipperoo1945 real gone1946 bosting1947 supersonic1947 whizzo1948 neato1951 peachy-keen1951 ridgey-dite1953 ridgy-didge1953 top1953 whizzing1953 badass1955 wild1955 belting1956 magic1956 bitching1957 swinging1958 ridiculous1959 a treat1959 fab1961 bad-assed1962 uptight1962 diggish1963 cracker1964 marv1964 radical1964 bakgat1965 unreal1965 pearly1966 together1968 safe1970 bad1971 brilliant1971 fabby1971 schmick1972 butt-kicking1973 ripper1973 Tiffany1973 bodacious1976 rad1976 kif1978 awesome1979 death1979 killer1979 fly1980 shiok1980 stonking1980 brill1981 dope1981 to die1982 mint1982 epic1983 kicking1983 fabbo1984 mega1985 ill1986 posho1989 pukka1991 lovely jubbly1992 awesomesauce2001 nang2002 bess2006 amazeballs2009 boasty2009 daebak2009 beaut2013 1956 ‘J. Curtis’ Look Long upon Monkey ii. 33 You'd have a belting time too, in a cushy country like that. Boozers open all day long and them Irish colleens tearing around the place. 1997 Guardian 10 Mar. (Media section) 7/2 This is a belting idea, beautifully executed. 2007 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 17 Mar. (Sport section) Jigs were being danced and you just know a belting night was in store for the Irish in Kingston. 2015 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 3 Nov. 17 Bill was a belting bloke. He was a really friendly neighbourly man. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1567adj.1808
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