Belt line


a transportation system partially or wholly surrounding a city, terminal, district, or port.
(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.
Historical Examples

Selina George Madden Martin
Little Folks’ Handy Book Lina Beard
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 Various
The Bradys Beyond Their Depth Anonymous
The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) Various
Calumet ‘K’ Samuel Merwin
The Lion’s Mouse C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson
Shorty McCabe Sewell Ford
Uncle Sam’s Boys as Sergeants H. Irving Hancock
Training for the Trenches Leslie Vickers

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