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welt(1) (iou)



welt noun1 & verb1. LME.
[Origin uncertain: perh. from Old English.]
A. noun.
A strip of leather etc. sewn around the edge of a shoe upper and attached to the sole. LME.
A strip of ribbed or reinforced material put on the edge of a garment etc. as a border or binding; an edging, a trimming. E16.
b. Heraldry. A fringe or edging on the sides of a charge. L17.
a. A ridge on flesh, esp. one raised by a blow from a whip etc.; a weal. M16.
b. gen. A narrow ridge, a raised stripe; a decorative or reinforcing strip. L16.
A binding strip or band. Only in 17.
A stroke with a whip etc.; a heavy blow with the fist etc. M19.
Comb.: welt pocket a slit pocket having a welt on the lower edge that extends upward to cover the slit.
b. verb trans.
Provide or mark with a welt or welts; repair or renew the welts of. L15.
Beat, thrash, flog. E19.
welting noun (a) the action of the verb; (b) a welt, an edging, a border; (c) a beating, a thrashing: E16.