that which engirdles a person or thing; a band or girdle; as, a lady's belt; a sword belt.-that which restrains or confines as a girdle.-anything that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses like a belt; a strip or stripe; as, a belt of trees; a belt of sand.-same as band, n., 2.   a very broad band is more properly termed a belt.-one of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets jupiter and saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.-a narrow passage or strait; as, the great belt and the lesser belt, leading to the baltic sea.-a token or badge of knightly rank.-a band of leather, or other flexible substance, passing around two wheels, and communicating motion from one to the other.-a band or stripe, as of color, round any organ; or any circular ridge or series of ridges.-to encircle with, or as with, a belt; to encompass; to surround.-to shear, as the buttocks and tails of sheep.