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Welt

Welt Meaning & Definition
Welt Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Welt?

[n] a raised or strengthened seam
[n] a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions
[v] put a welt on; of garments or shoes
[v] beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Welt: flog | lash | lather | slash | strap | trounce | wale | weal | wheal | whip

Related Terms | Find terms related to Welt:

See Also | add | beat | beat up | birch | cat | cowhide | flagellate | harm | horsewhip | hurt | injury | scourge | seam | switch | trauma | work over

Welt In Webster's Dictionary

\Welt\, n. [OE. welte, probably fr. W. gwald a hem, a welt, gwaldu to welt or to hem.] 1. That which, being sewed or otherwise fastened to an edge or border, serves to guard, strengthen, or adorn it; as; (a) A small cord covered with cloth and sewed on a seam or border to strengthen it; an edge of cloth folded on itself, usually over a cord, and sewed down. (b) A hem, border, or fringe. [Obs.] (c) In shoemaking, a narrow strip of leather around a shoe, between the upper leather and sole. (d) In steam boilers and sheet-iron work, a strip riveted upon the edges of plates that form a butt joint. (e) In carpentry, a strip of wood fastened over a flush seam or joint, or an angle, to strengthen it. (f) In machine-made stockings, a strip, or flap, of which the heel is formed. 2. (Her.) A narrow border, as of an ordinary, but not extending around the ends. {Welt joint}, a joint, as of plates, made with a welt, instead of by overlapping the edges. See {Weld}, n., 1 (d) .
\Welt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Welted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Welting}.] To furnish with a welt; to sew or fasten a welt on; as, to welt a boot or a shoe; to welt a sleeve.
\Welt\, v. t. To wilt. [R.]

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