welt
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English welten, from Old English weltan, wieltan, from Proto-Germanic *waltijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to turn; wind; twist”). Cognate with German wälzen, Danish vælte, Swedish välta, Icelandic velta.
Verb
welt (third-person singular simple present welts, present participle welting, simple past and past participle welted)
- (intransitive, obsolete) To roll; revolve
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Etymology 2
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.
Noun
welt (plural welts)
- A ridge or lump on the skin, as 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.
- A feature resembling a welt.
- 2018, Susan Orlean, chapter 6, in The Library Book:
- “The neighborhood is officially called Mid-City, but it is often referred to as Crenshaw. The area is wide and bright, a grid of small streets crisscrossed with boulevards and the welt of the I-10 freeway running along its southern edge.”
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Verb
welt (third-person singular simple present welts, present participle welting, simple past and past participle welted)
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Etymology 3
Verb
welt (third-person singular simple present welts, present participle welting, simple past and past participle welted)
- (UK, dialect, archaic, intransitive) To decay.
- (UK, dialect, archaic, intransitive) To become stringy.
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welt
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