welt

[ welt ]

/ wɛlt /

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noun

a ridge or wale on the surface of the body, as from a blow of a stick or whip.

a blow producing such a ridge or wale.

Shoemaking.

a strip, as of leather, set in between the outsole of a shoe and the edges of its insole and upper, through which these parts are joined by stitching or stapling.
a strip, usually of leather, that ornaments a shoe.

a strengthening or ornamental finish along a seam, the edge of a garment, etc.

a seam in which one edge is cut close to the stitching line and covered by the other edge, which is stitched over it.

verb (used with object)

to beat soundly, as with a stick or whip.

to furnish or supply (a shoe or garment) with a welt or welts; sew a welt on to.

verb (used without object)

to be marked with or develop welts.

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Origin of welt

1375–1425; late Middle English welte, walt shoemaker's welt, Old English wælt (thigh) sinew

Related formsun·welt·ed, adjective

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Examples from the Web for welt

I can already feel the welt rising up, the swelling closing my eye.
Come On, ‘Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ Can Handle More Violence|Sujay Kumar|November 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Her voice was full of self-reproach, and before he could stop her she lifted his hand and kissed the welt.
A Texas Ranger|William MacLeod Raine
Then if he monkeyed too much, why—I could welt him well after.
Red Cap Tales|Samuel Rutherford Crockett
In the following year of 1871, Goodyear invented his welt shoe-sewing machine and Maddox made his epochal discovery.
Invention|Bradley A. Fiske

If he only sews a welt, or planes a knot, he helps build up the solid pyramid of this world's welfare.
Humanity in the City|E. H. Chapin
He had seen the runabout skid across the road, take a welt at the rock wall and then leap onward like a bullet from a gun.
Motor Matt's Red Flyer, or, On the High Gear|Stanley R. Matthews

British Dictionary definitions for welt

welt

/ (wɛlt) /

noun

a raised or strengthened seam or edge, sewn in or on a knitted garment

another word for weal 1

(in shoemaking) a strip of leather, etc, put in between the outer sole and the inner sole and upper

verb (tr)

to put a welt in (a garment, etc)

to beat or flog soundly

Word Origin for welt

C15: origin unknown

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Word Origin and History for welt

welt

early 15c., a shoemaker's term, perhaps related to Middle English welten "to overturn, roll over" (c.1300), from Old Norse velta "to roll" (related to welter (v.)). Meaning "ridge on the skin from a wound" is first recorded 1800.

Medicine definitions for welt

welt

[ wĕlt ]

n.

A ridge or bump on the skin caused by a lash or blow or sometimes by an allergic reaction.

wheal

welt

noun

verb (used with object)

verb (used without object)

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