Welter-weight

Alternative forms

• welterweight

Origin

Originally “heavyweight horseman” (1832), from welter("heavyweight horseman") + weight.

Online Etymology Dictionary|welterweight

Boxing sense 1896.

Full definition of welter-weight

Adjective

1. (boxing) between lightweight and middleweight

Noun

1. (boxing) a boxer weighing more than a lightweight boxer and less than a middleweight boxer; someone boxing in the welterweight class

Coordinate terms

• lightweight
• middleweight
• heavyweight