Welt Definition

wĕlt
welts
noun
welts
A strip of leather stitched into the seam between the sole and upper of a shoe to strengthen the joining.
Webster's New World
A strip of material, often folded over a cord, placed at the edge or seam of a garment, cushion, etc. to reinforce or trim it.
Webster's New World
A ridge or lump raised on the skin as by a blow.
Webster's New World
Such a blow.
Webster's New World

(heraldry) A narrow border, as of an ordinary, but not extending around the ends.

Wiktionary
verb
welts
To furnish with a welt.
Webster's New World
To beat severely; thrash.
Webster's New World
To raise welts on.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Welt

Noun

Singular:
welt
Plural:
welts

Origin of Welt

  • Circa 1425, a shoemaker's term. Perhaps related to Middle English welten (“to overturn, roll over"), from Old Norse velta (“to roll"). Meaning "ridge on the skin from a wound" first recorded 1800.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English welte

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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