brown belt

noun, Martial Arts.

a brown cloth waistband conferred upon a participant in one of the martial arts, as judo or karate, to indicate an intermediate rank.

a person who has attained this rank.

the rank itself.

Origin of brown belt

1965-1970

First recorded in 1965-70

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Below white, with a blue belt across the breast, and the female with a brown belt also.

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