If someone hits you hard with a thin stick, your skin might rise up in a welt. Ouch. A welt is a swollen bruise.
That which, being sewed or otherwise fastened to an edge or border, serves to guard, strengthen, or adorn it
Noun
a raised or strengthened seam
Noun
a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions
Verb
put a welt on; "welt the shoes"
Verb
beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"
n.
That which, being sewed or otherwise fastened to an edge or
border, serves to guard, strengthen, or adorn it
n.
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.
n.
A hem, border, or fringe.
n.
In shoemaking, a narrow strip of leather around a shoe,
between the upper leather and sole.
n.
In steam boilers and sheet-iron work, a strip riveted upon
the edges of plates that form a butt joint.
n.
In carpentry, a strip of wood fastened over a flush seam or
joint, or an angle, to strengthen it.
n.
In machine-made stockings, a strip, or flap, of which the
heel is formed.
n.
A narrow border, as of an ordinary, but not extending around
the ends.
v. t.
To furnish with a welt; to sew or fasten a welt on; as, to
welt a boot or a shoe; to welt a sleeve.
v. t.
To wilt.
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That which, being sewed or otherwise fastened to an edge or border, serves to guard, strengthen, or adorn it
To furnish with a welt; to sew or fasten a welt on;
To wilt.
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