belt
n. countablen. a long, thin piece of leather or cloth that you wear around your waist to hold up your clothes. It can also mean a long area or strip of land that has a specific feature.
n. a flexible band or strap, typically made of leather or heavy cloth, worn around the waist to support clothing or carry tools. By extension, it refers to a continuous geographical region or strip of land characterised by a particular feature or climate.
He tightened his belt before leaving the house.
The farmer lives in the corn belt, where the soil and weather are perfect for growing crops.
While the asteroid belt occupies the vast region between Mars and Jupiter, the individual objects are so widely spaced that a spacecraft can usually pass through without incident.
From Middle English belt, from Old English belt (“belt, girdle”), from Proto-West Germanic baltī̆, from Proto-Germanic baltijaz (“girdle, belt”), from Latin balteus (“belt, sword-belt”), of Etruscan origin. Cognate with Scots belt (“belt”), Dutch belt, German Balz (“belt”), Danish bælte (“belt”), Swedish bälte (“belt, cincture, girdle, zone”) and Icelandic belti (“belt”).
Commonly used in the idiom 'to tighten one's belt', meaning to spend less money.