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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WELT, n. [See Wall.] A border; a kind of hem or edging, as on a garment or piece of cloth, or on a shoe.
WELT, v.t. To furnish with a welt; to sew on a border.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions [syn: wale, welt, weal, wheal]
2: a raised or strengthened seam v
1: beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced" [syn: flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce]
2: put a welt on; "welt the shoes"

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English welte Date: 15th century 1. a strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together 2. a doubled edge, strip, insert, or seam (as on a garment) for ornament or reinforcement 3. a. a ridge or lump raised on the body (as by a blow or allergic reaction) b. a heavy blow II. transitive verb Date: 15th century 1. to furnish with a welt 2. a. to raise a welt on the body of b. to hit hard

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a leather rim sewn round the edge of a shoe-upper for the sole to be attached to. 2 = WEAL(1). 3 a ribbed or reinforced border of a garment; a trimming. 4 a heavy blow. --v.tr. 1 provide with a welt. 2 rain welts on; thrash. Etymology: ME welte, walt, of unkn. orig.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Welt Welt, v. t. To wilt. [R.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Welt 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Welt 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) .

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(welts) A welt is a mark which is made on someone's skin, usually by a blow from something such as a whip or sword. = weal N-COUNT

Moby Thesaurus

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