Definitions for welt

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IPA: /wɛlt/

Welt is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 25 anagrams from letters in welt (eltw).

Definitions for welt

noun

1. a ridge or wale on the surface of the body, as from a blow of a stick or whip.
2. a blow producing such a ridge or wale.
3. Shoemaking. a strip, as of leather, set in between the outsole of a shoe and the edges of its insole and upper, through which these parts are joined by stitching or stapling. a strip, usually of leather, that ornaments a shoe.
4. a strengthening or ornamental finish along a seam, the edge of a garment, etc.
5. a seam in which one edge is cut close to the stitching line and covered by the other edge, which is stitched over it.

verb (used with object)

1. to beat soundly, as with a stick or whip.
2. to furnish or supply (a shoe or garment) with a welt or welts; sew a welt on to.

verb (used without object)

1. to be marked with or develop welts.

Origin of welt

1375-1425; late Middle English welte, walt shoemaker's welt, Old English wælt (thigh) sinew

Examples for welt

"welt over the head with a rifle-butt," whispered Dennis excitedly.

Waldo was thinking of his father as he strode down the pass with that welt on his cheek.

welting cord, a cord sewed into the welt or border of a garment.

He might chance to strike where no words would efface the welt.

Then if he monkeyed too much, why—I could welt him well after.

I can already feel the welt rising up, the swelling closing my eye.

I was just goin' to welt the little captain a good one when I heard that.

"I'd probably hit him a welt and he'd go off bawlin' like a calf," he communed with himself.

He looked after her, fingers caressing the welt that burned his cheek.

Oncus -i: a welt: applied to welt-like ridges on caterpillars.