- Belt
Belt can refer to the following objects:
*Belt (clothing) , a part of clothing worn around the waist to hold trousers up or as a fashion accessory.
*Police duty belt , a belt worn by police officers, which holds all the equipment they need to conduct their duties.
*Sam Browne belt , wide military belt, usually made of leather, supported by a strap going diagonally over the right shoulder.
*Money belt
*Belt (mechanical) , looped, flexibleconnection , used for power transmission; calledconveyor belt when part of a conveyance system.
*Belt (firearm) , a single row of cartridges which are held together with cloth or metal links, for use in a (typically automatic)firearm .
**Bandolier
*Judas belt
* A leather belt as attribute of certainConfraternities of the Cord and/or aspenitential device.
* A championship in combat sports such asboxing ,mixed martial arts andprofessional wrestling , which is used as the equivalent of atrophy and awarded to the winner of a championship in a sport.
*Dance belt , an undergarment worn by male dancers.
*Belt track, the common term forKégresse track , a kind of track drive that uses reinforced flexible belts instead of linked belts for traction.
*Chastity belt
*Inautomobile s:
** A safety orseat belt .
**Fan belt .
** Anengine timing belt .*
Photon belt *
Vocal belting , asinging technique.
*Belt (recording artist) * In
astronomy :
** Anasteroid belt or "main belt is a cluster of asteroids orbiting a star. There is one in this solar system, located between Mars and Jupiter.
** TheKuiper belt is an area of the solar system extending from within the orbit of Neptune. Objects within the Kuiper Belt are referred to as trans-Neptunian objects (a type of minor planet) orasteroids
** The Oort Belt orOort cloud is located outside the orbitscattered disc andPluto 's orbit where comets are presumed to be formed*In
geology andgeography , a belt is aregion with a roughly elongated form, or sometimes a sequence of roughly parallel forms, as in
**"Belt" regions of Canada
**"Belt" regions of the United StatesAs a geographical name it also refers to the following places:
*The Belts are the straits of theBaltic Sea betweenGermany ,Denmark andSweden . In particular thelittle Belt is referenced in the first stanza ofDas Lied der Deutschen , aGerman national anthem (the first stanza is no longer used).
*Belt, Montana is a small city inCascade County, Montana , U.S.
*Belt (Netherlands) , a small village on the former island ofWieringen , in the Dutch province ofNorth Holland In
fast food , a B.E.L.T. (Bacon, Egg, Lettuce, Tomato) is a sandwich available atTim Hortons restaurants.
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