Word Meaning

welt definition and meaning

n. That which, being sewed or otherwise fastened to an edge or border, serves to guard, strengthen, or adorn it
n. A small cord covered with cloth and sewed on a seam or border to strengthen it; an edge of cloth folded on itself, usually over a cord, and sewed down.
n. A hem, border, or fringe.
n. In shoemaking, a narrow strip of leather around a shoe, between the upper leather and sole.
n. In steam boilers and sheet-iron work, a strip riveted upon the edges of plates that form a butt joint.
n. In carpentry, a strip of wood fastened over a flush seam or joint, or an angle, to strengthen it.
n. In machine-made stockings, a strip, or flap, of which the heel is formed.
n. A narrow border, as of an ordinary, but not extending around the ends.
v. t. To furnish with a welt; to sew or fasten a welt on; as, to welt a boot or a shoe; to welt a sleeve.
v. t. To wilt.

Crossword clues for welt

- Contusion
- Mark from a whip
- Raised mark from a whip, e.g.
- Raised mark on the skin
- Skin swelling
- The odds, when late, of getting lash mark
- Weal