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Brewer's: Belted Will
Lord William Howard, warden of the western marches (1563-1640).
His Bilboa blade, by marchmen felt, Hung in a broad and studded belt; Hence, in rude phrase, the borderers still Called noble Howard Belted Will.
Scott.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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