brown belt

noun

, Martial Arts.

1. a brown cloth waistband conferred upon a participant in one of the martial arts, as judo or karate, to indicate an intermediate rank.
2. a person who has attained this rank.
3. the rank itself.

Word History and Origins

Origin of brown belt¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

It was a hot night, and he wore no jacket, only a plain brown calico work shirt, with a pistol and a knife at his wide brown belt.

From Project Gutenberg

It is bounded on either side by a reddish brown belt of about the same width.

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Below white, with a blue belt across the breast, and the female with a brown belt also.

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