Belting

Belting is the substantive derived from the verb to Belt, and hence has the same heterogenous meanings.

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Belts made of strong materials (mostly leather) can be used as a whip-like instrument for corporal punishment (see that article for generalities and alternatives) of the educational type, to administer a sound beating to a miscreant youth (usually a boy), generally bent over the lap or furniture, most often on the bottom (e.g. in Mexico a nalga pelota) or sometimes the back of both, for efficiency usually bared as the fairly large surface at impact would be greatly diminished if spread over so much protective textile to administer a sort of whipping. The educator (usually male, most often the father) can use his own belt (always at hand) or the one worn by the boy to be punished- indeed in the mid-19th century many boys were made to wear a belt by their parents, in part to be used as a punishment device and as a permanent reminder; in other cases, especially in a institutional context, a separate belt is kept (e.g. in the head?s office) solely for disciplinary use, and possibly displayed, again as a warning. In contemporary times, however, the belt has fallen out of popularity in the West, primarily because it is considered by some to be an abusive punishment in that it can cause severe welts and bruising.

Belt: Belt can refer to the following objects:...

Corporal punishment: Corporal punishment is the deliberate infliction of pain intended as correction or punishment. Historically speaking most punishments, whether in judicial, domestic or educational settings were corporal in basis. The practice is generally held to differ from torture in that it is applied for discipl...