belted

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verb

adjectivebelted (not comparable)

not comparableFitted with a belt.
She was a doctor's receptionist, and wore a blouse and skirt under her belted mac.
2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 6, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN
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Air Force Chief of Staff General Hoyt S. Vandenberg explained to a House Appropriations subcommittee why the Air Force prefers suspenders: “A battle jacket with belted trousers is an unsightly appearing garment. Every time you lean over your shirt sticks out in back...”
1952 April 7, “The Way Things Are”, in Time
And although we’ve certainly seen a variety of blue shades — from periwinkle to cobalt and even Dean Cain’s indigo-washed costume from the 1990’s TV show “Lois & Clark” — Superman’s uniform is still instantly recognizable across generations. In fact, there is only one film — Zack Snyder’s 2013 “Man of Steel” — in which Superman does not wear his iconic red belted trunks.
2025 February 21, Leah Dolan, “How the Superman ‘S’ became fashion’s favorite logo”, in CNN
not comparableWearing a belt.
How the bayonets gleamed and glistened, as we looked far down, and listened To the trampling and the drum-beat of the belted grenadiers!
1875, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Grandmother’s Story of Bunker Hill Battle (As She Saw It from the Belfry)
not comparableCharacterized by a white band around the body.
Belted Galloway
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Belted Dutch cattle
the belted kingfisher

adjectivehaving or provided with a belt

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From belt + -ed.

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