Welt
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛlt
Origin
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.
Full definition of welt
Noun
welt
(plural welts)- A raised mark on the body caused by a blow; a wheal or weal.
- (shoemaking) A strip of leather set into the seam between the outsole of a shoe and the upper, through which these parts are joined by stitching or stapling.
- A strip of material or covered cord applied to a seam or garment edge to strengthen or cover it.
- In steam boilers and sheet-iron work, a strip riveted upon the edges of plates that form a butt joint.
- In carpentry, a strip of wood fastened over a flush seam or joint, or an angle, to strengthen it.
- In machine-made stockings, a strip, or flap, of which the heel is formed.
- (heraldry) A narrow border, as of an ordinary, but not extending around the ends.