Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A belt of maximum storm-frequency.
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Examples
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The cyclone swooped down upon us from Kansas and swiped our crops, making our boasts that here was an Elysium beyond the storm-belt sound as hollow as Adam's dream of Eden after he was lifted over the garden wall.
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The old sergeant-major approaches him, his shako on his head, his storm-belt strapped down over his shoulder, one hand by his side, the other touching the band of his shako.
The Day of Wrath M��r J��kai 1864
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