belt loop

collocation in English

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belt
noun
uk
/belt/us
/belt/
a strip of leather or material worn around the waist to support clothes or ...
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loop
noun[C]
uk
/luːp/us
/luːp/
the curved shape made when something long and thin, such as a piece of string, bends until one part of it nearly touches or crosses another part ...
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(Definition ofbeltandloopfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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When keeping fish while wading, the hunter may utilize a stringer tied to abeltloop.
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Pocket watches generally have an attached chain to allow them to be secured to a waistcoat, lapel, orbeltloop, and to prevent them from being dropped.
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The white pants have identical piping to the jersey about the belt loops and down the outside seam of the pants.
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Belt loops are awarded for completing standards in various academic and sport fields.
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Increasingly they are made of quick-drying synthetic or cotton-synthetic blends, and often feature oversized belt loops to accommodate wide webbing belts.
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The ammunition carrying vest is compatible with the standard individual equipment belt which is secured to the ammunition carrying vest with 10 belt loops.
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In sports, trousers with belt loops were present in the 19th century already.
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Moreover, prior to that trousers did not even have belt loops.
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Occasionally the sporran is suspended from special leather belt loops which enable the sporran to be hung directly from the kilt belt.
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Belts are to be worn through belt loops so as to keep the pants at the waistline.
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They have their own belt, and usually are fitted around the hips, resting below the belt loops of the trousers.
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Two front pouches (ammunition or utility) attach to the belt; they have belt loops and plastic tabs that drop into the slots of the belt.
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Some are modeled after an exact style of jeans, with a front fly, belt loops, and back pockets.
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Another feature is wider belt loops, to accommodate a wider, thicker belt.
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Decorative belt loops are sometimes awarded in scouting for participation in or completion of activities.
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The individual equipment belt is secured to the tactical load-carrying vest with 10 belt loops that use both hook and pile fasteners and snaps.
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With belt loops, buttons would be sewn on the inside of the waistband.
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The trousers for suspenders have buttons in order to attach the leather tabs; these may be either on the outside (traditionally) of trousers that do not have belt loops.
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The jerseys were now pullover style instead of button down and the trousers had a built in elastic belt replacing the standard leather belt and belt loops.
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The pants were made of a khaki wool-twill, pleated with seven belt loops, two scalloped button flap rear pockets, a button fly and a four-inch military style hem.
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