Belt vs. Girdle

Beltnoun

A band worn around the waist to hold clothing to one's body (usually pants), hold weapons (such as a gun or sword), or serve as a decorative piece of clothing.

Beltnoun

A band used as a restraint for safety purposes, such as a seat belt.

Beltnoun

A band that is used in a machine to help transfer motion or power.

Beltnoun

Anything that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses like a belt; a strip or stripe.

Beltnoun

A trophy in the shape of a belt, generally awarded for martial arts.

Beltnoun

(astronomy) A collection of rocky-constituted bodies (such as asteroids) which orbit a star.

Beltnoun

(astronomy) One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.

Beltnoun

A powerful blow, often made with a fist or heavy object.

Beltnoun

A quick drink of liquor.

Beltnoun

A geographical region known for a particular product, feature or demographic (Corn Belt, Bible Belt, Black Belt, Green Belt).

Beltnoun

(baseball) The part of the strike zone at the height of the batter's waist.

Beltnoun

(weapons) device that holds and feeds cartridges into a belt-fed weapon

Beltverb

(transitive) To encircle.

Beltverb

(transitive) To fasten a belt on.

Beltverb

(transitive) To invest (a person) with a belt as part of a formal ceremony such as knighthood.

Beltverb

(transitive) To hit with a belt.

Beltverb

(transitive) To scream or sing in a loud manner.

Beltverb

(transitive) To drink quickly, often in gulps.

Beltverb

To hit someone or something.

Beltverb

To hit a pitched ball a long distance, usually for a home run.

Beltverb

(intransitive) To move very fast

Beltnoun

That which engirdles a person or thing; a band or girdle; as, a lady's belt; a sword belt.

Beltnoun

That which restrains or confines as a girdle.

Beltnoun

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.

Beltnoun

Same as Band, n., 2. A very broad band is more properly termed a belt.

Beltnoun

One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.

Beltnoun

A narrow passage or strait; as, the Great Belt and the Lesser Belt, leading to the Baltic Sea.

Beltnoun

A token or badge of knightly rank.

Beltnoun

A band of leather, or other flexible substance, passing around two wheels, and communicating motion from one to the other.

Beltnoun

A band or stripe, as of color, round any organ; or any circular ridge or series of ridges.

Beltverb

To encircle with, or as with, a belt; to encompass; to surround.

Beltverb

To shear, as the buttocks and tails of sheep.

Beltnoun

endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys

Beltnoun

a band to tie or buckle around the body (usually at the waist)

Beltnoun

an elongated region where a specific condition is found;

Beltnoun

a vigorous blow;

Beltnoun

a path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing)

Beltnoun

the act of hitting vigorously;

Beltverb

sing loudly and forcefully

Beltverb

deliver a blow to;

Beltverb

fasten with a belt;

Girdlenoun

That which girds, encircles, or encloses; a circumference

Girdlenoun

A belt or elasticated corset; especially, a belt, sash, or article of dress encircling the body usually at the waist, often used to support stockings or hosiery.

Girdlenoun

The zodiac; also, the equator.

Girdlenoun

The line of greatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting.

Girdlenoun

(mining) A thin bed or stratum of stone.

Girdlenoun

The clitellum of an earthworm.

Girdleverb

(transitive) To gird, encircle, or constrain by such means.

Girdleverb

(transitive) To kill or stunt a tree by removing or inverting a ring of bark.

Girdlenoun

A griddle.

Girdlenoun

That which girds, encircles, or incloses; a circumference; a belt; esp., a belt, sash, or article of dress encircling the body usually at the waist; a cestus.

Girdlenoun

The zodiac; also, the equator.

Girdlenoun

The line ofgreatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting. See Illust. of Brilliant.

Girdlenoun

A thin bed or stratum of stone.

Girdlenoun

The clitellus of an earthworm.

Girdleverb

To bind with a belt or sash; to gird.

Girdleverb

To inclose; to environ; to shut in.

Girdleverb

To make a cut or gnaw a groove around (a tree, etc.) through the bark and alburnum, thus killing it.

Girdlenoun

an encircling or ringlike structure

Girdlenoun

a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers

Girdlenoun

a woman's close-fitting foundation garment

Girdleverb

cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients;

Girdleverb

put a girdle on or around;

Girdlenoun

a belt or cord worn round the waist

Girdlenoun

a thing that encircles something like a girdle

Girdlenoun

either of two sets of bones encircling the body, to which the limbs are attached.

Girdlenoun

a woman's elasticated corset extending from waist to thigh

Girdlenoun

the part of a cut gem dividing the crown from the base and embraced by the setting.

Girdlenoun

a ring made around a tree by removing bark.

Girdlenoun

a heavy, flat iron plate that is heated and used for cooking food; a griddle.

Girdleverb

encircle (the body) with a girdle

Girdleverb

surround; encircle

Girdleverb

cut through the bark all the way round (a tree or branch), typically in order to kill it or to kill a branch to make the tree more fruitful

Girdle

A belt, especially if a cord or rope, is called a girdle if it is worn as part of Christian liturgical vestments, or in certain historical, literary or sports contexts. Girdles are used to close a cassock in Christian denominations, including the Anglican Communion, Catholic Church, Methodist Church and Lutheran Church.