belt line: Meaning and Definition of

belt' line"

Pronunciation: [key]
  1. a transportation system partially or wholly surrounding a city, terminal, district, or port.
  2. (in automotive styling) a horizontal boundary dividing the upper and lower parts of a car body, either an actual line of trim or an imaginary line that follows contours of the body.

belt•line

Pronunciation: (belt'līn"), [key]
— n.
  1. the waistline.
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