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n. - The material of which strips of flexible material (as leather, plastic, cloth) used in a circular form with or without a buckle or other closing and for wear generally around the waist are made.

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  • Tough to imagine Big Mama Thornton or Janis Joplin belting out that line.
  • The rain belting down outside didn't help.
  • But Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner has conceded the Government is taking a "belting" in the polls.
  • He was evidently engaged in "belting" the tree, and his first incision had been on the side nearest to the water.
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