green belt
See also: greenbelt
English
editEtymology
editThe Nidda river flowing through the Frankfurter Grüngürtel (Frankfurt Green Belt; sense 1.3.2) surrounding Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
From green (adjective) + belt (“band worn around the waist; thing resembling a belt, a strip or stripe”).[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡriːn bɛlt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡrin ˌbɛlt/
Audio (General American): (file)
Noun
editgreen belt (plural green belts) (also attributively)
- Senses relating to an area of land with plants on it.
- A strip of land with plants in a place which is otherwise bare.
- A strip of land on which trees are planted to protect against desertification, soil erosion, etc.
- (urban studies)
- A strip of land next to a building, open space, road, etc., with plants on it, intended for exercise or recreation.
- (chiefly British) An area of agricultural land around an urban area that is protected from large-scale building.
- Synonym: (New Zealand) town belt
- 2012, Andrew Martin, “Enter Yerkes”, in Underground Overground: A Passenger’s History of the Tube, London: Profile Books, →ISBN, page 149:
- The LCC [London County Council] would initiate the campaign for the Green Belt, which the men at the top of London Transport would support.
- (martial arts)
- A belt which is green in colour worn by a person who has achieved a certain (usually intermediate) level of skill in a martial art, especially judo or karate; also, the level of skill represented by this belt.
- Coordinate terms: black belt, white belt
- 1995, Elmar T. Schmeisser, “The University Dojo: Teaching a Traditional Martial Art in a Nontraditional Setting”, in Carol A. Wiley, editor, Martial Arts Teachers on Teaching (Io Series; 53), Berkeley, Calif.: Frog, North Atlantic Books, →ISBN, page 129:
- When the club is fully developed and has a reasonable spectrum of ranks in it, the training schedule should be stable to encourage the habit of training. […] The advanced (above green belt) class meets for an additional hour, three times per week (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday).
- A person who has earned the rank of green belt in a martial art.
- Coordinate terms: black belt, white belt
- 2012, Noel C., “What Karate Means to Me”, in Tom Hill, editor, Essays for Black Belt, Luton, Bedfordshire: Andrews UK, →ISBN, page 22:
- After a month I distinctly remember one of the ‘green belts’ giving me a thorough but gentle working over in one of the sparring sessions, I was impressed not just with his ability to defeat me, but with the ease with which he did it.
- [2012, T. M. Kubiak, “Mentoring Black Belts and Green Belts”, in The Certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt Handbook, Milwaukee, Wis.: ASQ Quality Press, →ISBN, part V (Mentoring Responsibilities), page 306:
- Develop a career progression ladder for black belts and green belts.
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- A belt which is green in colour worn by a person who has achieved a certain (usually intermediate) level of skill in a martial art, especially judo or karate; also, the level of skill represented by this belt.
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editTranslations
editstrip of land with plants in a place which is otherwise bare
strip of land on which trees are planted to protect against desertification, soil erosion, etc.
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strip of land next to a building, open space, road, etc., with plants on it, intended for exercise or recreation
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area of agricultural land around an urban area that is protected from large-scale building
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belt which is green in colour worn by a person who has achieved a certain (usually intermediate) level of skill in a martial art; the level of skill represented by this belt
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person who has earned the rank of green belt in a martial art
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ “green belt, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2022; “green belt, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Further reading
edit- green belt on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- green belt (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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