belted

American  

[bel-tid] / ˈbɛl tɪd /

adjective

1. having or made with a belt.

   a belted dress.

2. wearing or girded with a belt, especially as a mark of distinction.

   the belted lords and emissaries.

3. marked with a band of color different from that of the rest of the body.

   a belted cow.

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Other Word Forms

• semibelted adjective
• unbelted adjective

Etymology

Origin of belted

First recorded in 1475–85; belt + -ed ³

Example Sentences

That was the line belted out by the commentator as Joel Fearon stunned onlookers by running the 100m in under 10 seconds - breaking one of the most revered barriers in sport.

From BBC

The driver was the only one belted in.

From Literature

To unite the Italian host cities, the Olympic flame was passed out of the stadium as Bocelli belted and the torch simultaneously reached two cauldrons.

From Los Angeles Times

In that crafted scene he lifted his chin and belted a longing Caribbean ballad, “Jamaica Farewell.”

From The Wall Street Journal

I’m surrounded by moms in cool belted trench coats, wrinkleless moms with shiny, bouncy hair, moms in Alo Yoga outfits, their figures indistinguishable from their teenage daughters’.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• bordered
• surrounded