Definitions for beltings

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beltings belt·ing

Spelling: [bel-ting]

IPA: /ˈbɛl tɪŋ/

Beltings is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 338 anagrams from letters in beltings (begilnst).

Definitions for beltings

noun

1. material for belts.
2. belts collectively.
3. Informal. a beating or thrashing.
4. Obsolete. belt.
5. a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
6. any encircling or transverse band, strip, or stripe.
7. an elongated region having distinctive properties or characteristics:
8. Machinery. an endless flexible band passing about two or more pulleys, used to transmit motion from one pulley to the other or others or to convey materials and objects.
9. Military. a cloth strip with loops or a series of metal links with grips, for holding cartridges fed into an automatic gun. a band of leather or webbing, worn around the waist and used as a support for weapons, ammunition, etc.
10. a series of armor plates forming part of the hull of a warship.
11. a broad, flexible strip of rubber, canvas, wood, etc., moved along the surface of a fresh concrete pavement to put a finish on it after it has been floated.
12. a road, railroad, or the like, encircling an urban center to handle peripheral traffic.
13. Slang. a hard blow or hit.
14. Slang. a shot of liquor, especially as swallowed in one gulp.
15. Automotive. a strip of material used in a type of motor-vehicle tire (belted tire) where it is placed between the carcass and the tread for reinforcement.

Idioms

1. below the belt, not in accord with the principles of fairness, decency, or good sportsmanship:
2. tighten one's belt, to undergo hardship patiently. to curtail one's expenditures; be more frugal:
3. under one's belt, Informal. in one's stomach, as food or drink: considered as a matter of successful past experience:

verb (used with object)

1. to gird or furnish with a belt.
2. to surround or mark as if with a belt or band:
3. to fasten on (a sword, gun, etc.) by means of a belt.
4. to beat with or as if with a belt, strap, etc.
5. Slang. to hit very hard, far, etc.:
6. Informal. to sing (a song) loudly and energetically (sometimes followed by out):
7. Slang. to drink (a shot of liquor) quickly, especially in one gulp (sometimes followed by down):

Origin of beltings

First recorded in 1560-70; belt + -ing¹

Examples for beltings

Russell, stripping to the waist, belting himself, stood forward.

Excited by the dark, photographers on the risers broke out into spontaneous song, belting "Happy Birthday, Rodarte."

The buttoning and the belting, the lacing and the knotting, at an end, he put on the hat.

The elevation of the flymobile is given in Fig. 4, which shows the arrangement of the belting.

That still doesn't let you off for not belting that crawler with our six-inchers!

We have a way of belting on the kilt in real Argile I have seen nowhere else.

This was done by belting him and checking him to a pad strapped upon his back.

Even if her belting occasionally sounds forced, all of the experts praised the undeniable power Cyrus has when singing.

Perhaps you like your Neil Patrick Harris belting in high heels on Broadway, or cannily emceeing an awards show?

belting out rhythmic African songs, Kidjo climbed down from the stage to get the audience singing.