welt

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.4 Verb 2 Dutch 2.1 Verb

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[edit] Etymology

c.1425, a shoemaker's term. Meaning "ridge on the skin from a wound" first recorded 1800.

[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛlt

[edit] Noun

welt (plural welts)

1. A raised mark on the body caused by a blow; a wheal or weal.
2. (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.
3. A strip of material or covered cord applied to a seam or garment edge to strengthen or cover it.

[edit] Verb

to welt (third-person singular simple present welts, present participle welting, simple past and past participle welted)

1. To cause to have welts, to beat.
2. To install welt (a welt or welts) to reinforce.

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Verb

welt

1. third person singular present tense of wellen, opwellen