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black belt Hist. 
a belt of dark purple wampum indicative of hostility, sorrow, death, condolence, and mourning, often used as a declaration of war.
See also: black wampum
- 1798 (1935) I am assured from good authority, that a Black Belt, the Emblem of War, was actually sent from the Indian Tribes that are settled within His Majesty's Dominions to the residue of the Six Nations who live in the territories of the United States of America.
- 1798 (1935) I am assured from good authority, that a Black Belt, the Emblem of War, was actually sent from the Indian Tribes that are settled within His Majesty's Dominions to the residue of the Six Nations who live in the territories of the United States of America.