Welt

[welt] or [wɛlt]

Definition

(noun.) a raised or strengthened seam.

(verb.) put a welt on; 'welt the shoes'.

Typist: Phil--From WordNet

Definition

(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.

Checked by Amy

Definition

n. a kind of hem or edging round a shoe: (coll.) a weal.—v.t. to furnish with a welt: to flog severely.—adj. Welt′ed.—n. Welt′ing.

v.i. (prov.) to decay: to become stringy.

Typed by Edwina

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