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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024welt /wɛlt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a ridge or raised mark like a cut on the surface of the body, as from a blow.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024welt (welt),USA pronunciation n. - a ridge or wale on the surface of the body, as from a blow of a stick or whip.
- a blow producing such a ridge or wale.
- Clothing[Shoemaking.]
- 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.
- a strip, usually of leather, that ornaments a shoe.
- Clothinga strengthening or ornamental finish along a seam, the edge of a garment, etc.
- Clothinga seam in which one edge is cut close to the stitching line and covered by the other edge, which is stitched over it.
v.t. - to beat soundly, as with a stick or whip.
- Clothingto furnish or supply (a shoe or garment) with a welt or welts;
sew a welt on to.
v.i. - to be marked with or develop welts.
- late Middle English welte, walt shoemaker's welt, Old English wælt (thigh) sinew 1375–1425
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: welt /wɛlt/ n - a raised or strengthened seam or edge, sewn in or on a knitted garment
- another word for weal1
- (in shoemaking) a strip of leather, etc, put in between the outer sole and the inner sole and upper
vb (transitive)- to put a welt in (a garment, etc)
- to beat or flog soundly
Etymology: 15th Century: origin unknown |