welt

[ welt ]

noun

1. a ridge or wale on the surface of the body, as from a blow of a stick or whip.
2. a blow producing such a ridge or wale.
3. Shoemaking.
   1. 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.
   2. a strip, usually of leather, that ornaments a shoe.
4. a strengthening or ornamental finish along a seam, the edge of a garment, etc.
5. 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)

1. to beat soundly, as with a stick or whip.
2. to furnish or supply (a shoe or garment) with a welt or welts; sew a welt on to.

verb (used without object)

1. to be marked with or develop welts.

welt

/ wɛlt /

noun

1. a raised or strengthened seam or edge, sewn in or on a knitted garment
2. another word for weal 1
3. (in shoemaking) a strip of leather, etc, put in between the outer sole and the inner sole and upper

verb

1. to put a welt in (a garment, etc)
2. to beat or flog soundly

Other Words From

• un·welted adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of welt¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of welt¹

C15: origin unknown

Example Sentences

I just had a welt on my head that looked like I saluted too hard.

From Los Angeles Times

He was on a gravelly welt of raised river bed.

From Literature

“Everyone out there knows it’s an everyday saying,” he said on Welt television.

From Seattle Times

Hildegard Müller told the Welt am Sonntag newspaper in comments published Saturday the tariffs would not help the European and German auto industries and instead “could quickly have a negative effect in a trade conflict.”

From Seattle Times

On a sunny late-January day, Laura Topete visited her son at the Northridge home and found him with a bright red welt in the middle of his forehead.

From Los Angeles Times

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