brown belt
nounMartial Arts.
a brown cloth waistband conferred upon a participant in one of the martial arts, as judo or karate, to indicate an intermediate rank.
a person who has attained this rank.
the rank itself.
Origin of brown belt
1First recorded in 1965–70
- Compare black belt (def. 1), white belt.
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How to use brown belt in a sentence
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.
Shaman | Robert SheaIt is bounded on either side by a reddish brown belt of about the same width.
Astronomy of To-day | Cecil G. DolmageBelow white, with a blue belt across the breast, and the female with a brown belt also.
Citizen Bird | Mabel Osgood Wright and Elliott Coues
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