welt

American  

[welt] / wɛlt /

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.

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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 British  

/ 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

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verb

1. to put a welt in (a garment, etc)

2. to beat or flog soundly

Other Word Forms

• unwelted adjective

Etymology

Origin of welt

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

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