beltlinen.

Brit.

/ˈbɛltlʌɪn/, U.S.

/ˈbɛltˌlaɪn/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: belt n.¹, line n.²

Etymology: < belt n.¹ + line n.²

1. Chiefly U.S. Usually in form belt line. A railway or tramline that encircles a city or urban area. Later chiefly of a similar main road or highway: = beltway n. 1.

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society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > a railway > with specific situation or route

chemin de fer1835

junction1839

mountain railway1851

beltline1863

trans-Siberian1896

trans-continental1907

interurban1912

S-bahn1962

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road laid with parallel planks, slabs, or rails > [noun] > laid with rails > for tramcars

street railway1828

tramway1860

tramline1886

trolley-road1895

beltline1898

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [noun] > for wheeled vehicles > ring road or by-pass

ring road1874

beltline1922

bypass1922

beltway1951

ringway1960

orbital1970

1863 Daily News 1 May 3/5 The bill for the Great North of Scotland's suburban belt line round Aberdeen was passed in that committee.

1898 R. Kipling Day's Work 57 De Belt Line stables ain't no Hoffman House.

1903 N.Y. Times 24 Oct. 2 George B. McClellan and Edward M. Grout were scheduled for a belt line tour of speechmaking.

1922 Daily Ardmoreite (Ardmore, Okla.) 6 Jan. 6/5 A belt line of gravel highway is now under construction around the city of Ardmore.

1966 Economist 26 Mar. 1234/1 Circumferential ‘belt lines’ around cities could be built more quickly than radial routes leading into their older centres.

2005 State Jrnl.-Reg. (Springfield, Illinois) (Nexis) 3 Dec. 7 The interstates fostered hundreds of belt lines and freeways.

a. That part of a person's body or a garment around which a belt is worn; the waistline.

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > [noun] > middle of trunk or waist

middleeOE

mideOE

girdlec1275

rondelc1300

girdlesteadc1330

waistc1386

belt steadc1540

girding-place1601

midriff1823

beltline1892

midsection1956

1892 Humboldt County (Iowa) Republican 13 Oct. 1/6 Nearly all the costumes..are finished with waists that are cut off at the belt-line.

1954 Life 19 Apr. 93/1 (advt.) Ballantine..not only watches your beltline. Ballantine Beer is brewed to the American taste as well as to the American figure.

1967 L. J. Braun Cat who ate Danish Mod. ix. 79 Qwilleran compared her taut figure with his own well-padded beltline.

2010 Red Deer (Alberta) Express (Nexis) 13 Oct. (Lifestyle section) 22 Women can put up with physical imperfections like expanding beltlines and back hair.

b. Chiefly North American. A line on a motor vehicle running horizontally around the body, typically where the windscreen and windows meet the lower section. Cf. waistline n. (d) at waist n. Compounds 2.

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > body or bodywork > notional line round body

beltline1919

1919 Country Life 4 Jan. p. xl (caption) A straight belt line has been used in conjunction with bonnet and double scuttles to give a ‘decked’ effect.

1979 Fortune 4 June 114 The fiberglass body of the Lotus Elite..is formed by bonding the top and bottom halves at the belt line.

1995 Car & Driver Buyers Guide 30 June 148/1 The beltline of the car is low, lower than even the Accord's.

2014 Bath Chron. (Nexis) 1 May 20 Aggressively swept-back headlights and a high beltline.

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

单词	beltline
释义	beltlinen. Brit. /ˈbɛltlʌɪn/, U.S. /ˈbɛltˌlaɪn/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: belt n.¹, line n.² Etymology: < belt n.¹ + line n.² 1. Chiefly U.S. Usually in form belt line. A railway or tramline that encircles a city or urban area. Later chiefly of a similar main road or highway: = beltway n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > a railway > with specific situation or route chemin de fer1835 junction1839 mountain railway1851 beltline1863 trans-Siberian1896 trans-continental1907 interurban1912 S-bahn1962 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road laid with parallel planks, slabs, or rails > [noun] > laid with rails > for tramcars street railway1828 tramway1860 tramline1886 trolley-road1895 beltline1898 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [noun] > for wheeled vehicles > ring road or by-pass ring road1874 beltline1922 bypass1922 beltway1951 ringway1960 orbital1970 1863 Daily News 1 May 3/5 The bill for the Great North of Scotland's suburban belt line round Aberdeen was passed in that committee. 1898 R. Kipling Day's Work 57 De Belt Line stables ain't no Hoffman House. 1903 N.Y. Times 24 Oct. 2 George B. McClellan and Edward M. Grout were scheduled for a belt line tour of speechmaking. 1922 Daily Ardmoreite (Ardmore, Okla.) 6 Jan. 6/5 A belt line of gravel highway is now under construction around the city of Ardmore. 1966 Economist 26 Mar. 1234/1 Circumferential ‘belt lines’ around cities could be built more quickly than radial routes leading into their older centres. 2005 State Jrnl.-Reg. (Springfield, Illinois) (Nexis) 3 Dec. 7 The interstates fostered hundreds of belt lines and freeways. 2. a. That part of a person's body or a garment around which a belt is worn; the waistline. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > [noun] > middle of trunk or waist middleeOE mideOE girdlec1275 rondelc1300 girdlesteadc1330 waistc1386 belt steadc1540 girding-place1601 midriff1823 beltline1892 midsection1956 1892 Humboldt County (Iowa) Republican 13 Oct. 1/6 Nearly all the costumes..are finished with waists that are cut off at the belt-line. 1954 Life 19 Apr. 93/1 (advt.) Ballantine..not only watches your beltline. Ballantine Beer is brewed to the American taste as well as to the American figure. 1967 L. J. Braun Cat who ate Danish Mod. ix. 79 Qwilleran compared her taut figure with his own well-padded beltline. 2010 Red Deer (Alberta) Express (Nexis) 13 Oct. (Lifestyle section) 22 Women can put up with physical imperfections like expanding beltlines and back hair. b. Chiefly North American. A line on a motor vehicle running horizontally around the body, typically where the windscreen and windows meet the lower section. Cf. waistline n. (d) at waist n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > body or bodywork > notional line round body beltline1919 1919 Country Life 4 Jan. p. xl (caption) A straight belt line has been used in conjunction with bonnet and double scuttles to give a ‘decked’ effect. 1979 Fortune 4 June 114 The fiberglass body of the Lotus Elite..is formed by bonding the top and bottom halves at the belt line. 1995 Car & Driver Buyers Guide 30 June 148/1 The beltline of the car is low, lower than even the Accord's. 2014 Bath Chron. (Nexis) 1 May 20 Aggressively swept-back headlights and a high beltline. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1863
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