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belt·ing

(bĕl′tĭng)

1. Belts considered as a group.

2. The material used to make belts.

3. Slang A beating or thrashing.

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belting

(ˈbɛltɪŋ)

1. (Textiles) the material used to make a belt or belts

2. (Clothing & Fashion) belts collectively

3. informal a beating

adj

informal Brit excellent; first-class

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

belt•ing

(ˈbɛl tɪŋ)

n.

1. material for belts.

2. belts collectively.

Belting

belts collectively.

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Noun

belting - the material of which belts are made

belt - a band to tie or buckle around the body (usually at the waist)

belt - endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys

cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"

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ceinturage

belting

[ˈbɛltɪŋ] adj (= brilliant) → époustouflant(e)belt loop n → passant m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

belting

n (inf) → Dresche f (inf); to give somebody a good belting → jdn ganz schön verdreschen (inf)

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Wire Belt Company the leading manufacturer of Flat-Flex [R] processing conveyor belting and conveyor systems were pleased to be exhibiting at Interpack 2011.

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Canvas belting is made of several layers of canvas stitched along both edges as well as several times down the center.

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Regarding conveyor belting, the longer and stronger it is, the more it can spell "ROI," for return on investment, according to one supplier.

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Art History After Modernism, by Hans Belting, translated by Caroline Saltzwedel and Mitch Cohen.

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This kind of belting provides customers with more belting options, allows for longer length conveyors, and provides the user with more convenience and ease than ever before.

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While friction-driven rubber or PVC belting will slip when wet, Intralox Friction Top belts can even run immediately after washdown without risk of slippage.

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At Redland Stone Products' San Antonio operation in Texas, for example, expensive repair or replacement of steel-cable belting on long load out and held conveyors often resulted from belts drifting into their supporting steelwork, sometimes with catastrophic damage.