Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any mechanism that uses a continuous belt through which power is transmitted.
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word belt-drive.
Examples
-
Luckily, Little Machine Shop sells a belt-drive conversion kit for the X2 (US$129. 95, plus $14.11 shipping), which not only made the mill much, much quieter, but also increased the spindle speed.
-
Therefore, if the universe is so vast that the notion of hostile aliens is "perfectly rational," then it's also "perfectly rational" to assume there might be another belt-drive singlespeed team out there too.
Putting it Out There: BRAs, Belts, and Cockies BikeSnobNYC 2010
-
In any case, Gates claims this is "the first belt-drive singlespeed cyclocross squad in the universe," though I'm not so sure this is actually true.
Putting it Out There: BRAs, Belts, and Cockies BikeSnobNYC 2010
-
It's a belt-drive system made from the recycled cellophane of old cassette tapes.
Appealing Package: What's New Is Old Again BikeSnobNYC 2010
-
Of course, it's also entirely possible that cycling aliens could attack Earth on another type of bicycle besides a belt-drive 'cross bike.
Putting it Out There: BRAs, Belts, and Cockies BikeSnobNYC 2010
-
The resulting pair of powerful jets spun the wheels at high velocity, and the whirring transmission shaft turned a pulley and belt-drive running up to a dynamo mounted in a protective box astride the stream.
Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009
-
Bicycle technology is also advancing with the advent of the chainless belt-drive bike, new models of folding bikes, and snazzier e-bikes.
-
The resulting pair of powerful jets spun the wheels at high velocity, and the whirring transmission shaft turned a pulley and belt-drive running up to a dynamo mounted in a protective box astride the stream.
Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009
-
Subaru's new Pleo comes with a high-tech belt-drive transmission that goes from a stop to 130 kph with no lurching gearshifts.
-
Nunc Scio » Blog Archive » A belt-drive bicycle?
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.