Hypertext Webster Gateway: "welt"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Welt \Welt\, v. t.
To wilt. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Welt \Welt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Welted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Welting}.]
To furnish with a welt; to sew or fasten a welt on; as, to
welt a boot or a shoe; to welt a sleeve.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Welt \Welt\, n. [OE. welte, probably fr. W. gwald a hem, a welt,
gwaldu to welt or to hem.]
1. That which, being sewed or otherwise fastened to an edge
or border, serves to guard, strengthen, or adorn it; as;
(a) 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.
(b) A hem, border, or fringe. [Obs.]
(c) In shoemaking, a narrow strip of leather around a
shoe, between the upper leather and sole.
(d) In steam boilers and sheet-iron work, a strip riveted
upon the edges of plates that form a butt joint.
(e) In carpentry, a strip of wood fastened over a flush
seam or joint, or an angle, to strengthen it.
(f) In machine-made stockings, a strip, or flap, of which
the heel is formed.
2. (Her.) A narrow border, as of an ordinary, but not
extending around the ends.
{Welt joint}, a joint, as of plates, made with a welt,
instead of by overlapping the edges. See {Weld}, n., 1
(d) .
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
welt
n 1: a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a
whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions [syn: {wale},
{weal}, {wheal}]
2: a raised or strengthened seam
v 1: beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged
the students"; "The children were severely trounced"
[syn: {flog}, {whip}, {lather}, {lash}, {slash}, {strap},
{trounce}]
2: put a welt on; of garments or shoes
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