4 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Welt \Welt\, v. t.
To wilt. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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 .
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
welt
n 1: a raised mark on the skin (as produced by a blow) [syn: {wale},
{weal}, {wheal}]
2: a raised or strengthened seam
v 1: beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged
the students" [syn: {flog}, {whip}, {lather}, {lash}, {slash},
{strap}, {trounce}]
2: put a welt on of garments or shoes
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