Belt Narrow Noun Up/Fasten/Tighten Buckle Studded Leather Waist

• to do up/fasten/tighten a belt
• a belt buckle
• a studded leather belt
• around his waist he wore a belt.

belt

1. a long narrow piece of leather, cloth, etc. that you wear around the middle part of your body
• SEE ALSO black belt
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/black-belt
• to do up/fasten/tighten a belt
• a belt buckle
• a studded leather belt
• Around his waist he wore a belt.
2. a continuous band of material that moves round and is used to carry things along or to drive a machine
• SEE ALSO conveyor belt
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/conveyor-belt
3. a narrow area or an area around the edge of something that has particular characteristics
• SEE ALSO green belt
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/green-belt
• the country’s corn/industrial belt
• We live in the commuter belt.
• a narrow belt of trees
• a belt of rain moving across the country
• Towns in the country's industrial belt were particularly affected by the recession.
4. an act of hitting something/somebody hard
• She gave the ball a terrific belt.
5. unfair or cruel
• That was distinctly below the belt!
6. taking more actions than are really necessary to make sure that something succeeds or works as it should
• a belt-and-braces policy
7. to have already achieved or obtained something
• She already has a couple of good wins under her belt.
8. to spend less money because there is less available
• With price increases on most goods, everyone is having to tighten their belt.
• There is a need for further belt-tightening.

Word Origin

• Old English, of Germanic origin, from Latin balteus ‘girdle’.