Definitions for welts

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welts welt

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IPA: /wɛlt/

Welts is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 50 anagrams from letters in welts (elstw).

Definitions for welts

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 welts

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

Examples for welts

Of course, every man-jack of us had lumps and welts and cuts, and there were some bones broken.

Garin picked up her cloak and drew it across his shoulder to hide his welts.

They were first beaten with a tire iron, and then the guards rubbed chili powder on their welts.

It left Blue Blazes ridged with welts, trembling, fright sickened.

Of our socks it could be said that the welts were good; the toes and heels had perished of overwork.

But the backs of his legs were so seamed with welts that he could not walk.

As they laid on quickly the welts and bloody stripes appeared.

Cut out the bottom first; the welts may be cut from any narrow pieces.

So they stripped her bare, and flogged her till her back was a mass of welts and cuts, and then put her to bed.

Weeks after the welts on my back and shoulders turned dark along the line of the whip, and greenish at the edges.