When a person is lazy or does not want to name a newly discovered phenomenon or a formulated concept with his own name, he gives old words new meanings. Just by analogy and similarity of the image, how it happened with the belt. What does a simple and short word mean? Are we talking about the details of clothing or is the discussion about geography? But what if the interlocutor is an astronomer and a fan of the constellation Orion?
Wardrobe Item
Initially, it was only a clothing item. A wide woven or leather tape covers the waist to keep the floors of loose-fitting clothing closed. It was possible to mount a purse with money or a weapon on it. Phraseologism about tightening the belt indicates not only an actual attempt to tighten the figure, but also a decrease in size, and the desire of a person to save on his own needs.
Many ribbons and wide cords from different areas of life have adopted the word as part of the name:
rescue p. - supports a drowning person on a water surface;
therapeutic item - helps to correct body defects and / or reduces pain;
n. for tools - an item for wearing items useful in the work, serves as a replacement for the bag.
Is it about sports discipline? Then the familiar definition of "belt" is embodied in the original design of leather or substitutes. Metal plaque with a stamped champion name, emblem of the federation and decorative inserts. The appearance is changing, but in itself such a thing is status, it gets its best. Often serves as a replacement for bowls and cups from team sports.
Also from the Middle Ages, a specific device came to modern museums to prevent adultery. The classic chastity belt reliably closed around the sexual organs of the partner (partner) and did not allow the act of adultery to be committed. It would seem cruel to someone, but it was considered reasonable from the point of view of people of the past who spent decades in military campaigns.
Hello from the doctors
Since the clothing item was invariably fixed in one place, the concept gradually replaced, and now the “belt” is also the waist. In anatomy, a capacious term refers to the part of the skeleton on which the supports of the limbs are attached. A person has two of these:
Natural science lesson
Astronomy, geography and geology give their interpretations. So, on the Earth and from its surface you can observe unique bundles:
hour p. - artificial breakdown of the globe into 24 zones, in each of which time differs from the neighboring by an hour;
natural settlement - a territory with pronounced physical and geographical features;
radiation item - a zone of confinement of charged particles by a magnetic field, which protects living organisms on the planet;
zodiacal p. - a cycle of 12 constellations.
If it is nice to find one nugget, then a whole layer of precious rock is an occasion to organize an enterprise for mining from a gold-bearing belt.
Translation difficulties
The main problem will arise if you try to translate. Native speakers can not worry: subconsciously, the formula “encircling something” instantly pops up in your head and suggests the correct use of the word. Most of the time, professional and scientific interpretations are not used in everyday communication. In everyday conversation, we are most likely talking about clothes.