belt line

noun

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.

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Origin:
1890–95, Americanism

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