? Obs. (See BELT v. 5 and ppl. a.)
c. 1640. J. Smyth, Lives Berkeleys (1883), I. 156. What money was yearly made by sale of the locks belts and tags of the sheep.
1741. Compl. Fam. Piece, III. 494. Of the Tag or Belt in Sheep.
1753. in Chambers, Cycl. Supp.; and in later Dicts.
