welt
welt Lexical Profile
welt Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A raised, red mark on the skin caused by a forceful blow from a whip, stick, or similar object.
"The hiker tripped into a patch of thorny brush, leaving a painful welt across her forearm."
A narrow strip of leather sewn around the edge of a shoe upper to which the sole is attached.
"The cobbler replaced the damaged welt before attaching a sturdy new sole to the leather boots."
A tape, cord, or reinforced strip sewn into a seam as reinforcement or decorative trimming on a garment.
"The tailor added a contrasting silk welt to the jacket's pockets to give it a sophisticated finish."
• verb
To strike severely so as to leave raised marks on the skin.
"The whipping branches welted his arms as he ran blindly through the dense forest."
To provide or reinforce (a shoe or seam) with a welt.
"The apprentice spent the afternoon learning how to properly welt the seams of heavy winter coats."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Middle English 'welte' (meaning a fringe or border of a garment), of uncertain origin. The sense of a 'raised mark on the skin' emerged in the early 19th century, likely drawing a comparison between the raised swelling of an injury and the raised ridge of a shoe's seam.
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