welting
- present participle of welt.
Example Sentences
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Harnage stands alone on a darkened stage, amid a forest of ropes — soft sculptures made of cotton welting — that dropped like curtains.
From New York Times • Nov. 4, 2022
EST 14:00 71 min A good move involving Lukaku and Lennon ends with Azpilicueta welting the ball clear from inside his own six-yard box.
From The Guardian • Mar. 12, 2016
Hang on, umpire Steve Davis is looking towards the horizon - and just like that it's welting it down.
From BBC • Jan. 14, 2010
Examples: > In Liverpool, dock-wallopers practice a custom called "welting"; half of an eight-man crew works while the other half loafs, and at intervals they change roles.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had known too many Marine wives and children who had come to their front door and found dour messengers, their faces carved from the ices of duty, standing with tragic news welting their tongues.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
