belt line

belt line
1. a transportation system partially or wholly surrounding a city, terminal, district, or port.
2. (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.
[1890-95, Amer.]

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