welt

See also Welt

English

Etymology

c.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.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛlt

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.

Translations

raised mark on the body

• Russian: рубец (ru) (rubéc) m 

strip of leather on a shoe

• Russian: рант (ru) (rant) m 

• Scottish Gaelic: balt (gd) m

strip of material applied to a seam

• Scottish Gaelic: balt (gd) m

Verb

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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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛlt

Verb

welt

1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of wellen
2. plural imperative of wellen