To gird with a belt; mark with belts; drive by a belt, as a machine.
A band worn around the waist; a band for transmitting power in machinery; any broad encircling band; a zone; strip; strait.
Wetzel's hand slipped to his belt. – Betty Zane by Zane Grey
But the belt you shall have. – Desert Dust by Edwin L. Sabin
During that second Wogan drew his hunting knife from his belt and drove it with a terrible strength into the man's chest. – Clementina by A.E.W. Mason