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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
welt /wɛlt/USA pronunciation   n. 
    [countable]
  1. a ridge or raised mark like a cut on the surface of the body, as from a blow.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
welt  (welt),USA pronunciation n. 
  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. Clothing[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. Clothinga strengthening or ornamental finish along a seam, the edge of a garment, etc.
  5. Clothinga seam in which one edge is cut close to the stitching line and covered by the other edge, which is stitched over it.

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

v.i. 
  1. to be marked with or develop welts.
  • late Middle English welte, walt shoemaker's welt, Old English wælt (thigh) sinew 1375–1425

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
welt /wɛlt/ n
  1. a raised or strengthened seam or edge, sewn in or on a knitted garment
  2. another word for weal1
  3. (in shoemaking) a strip of leather, etc, put in between the outer sole and the inner sole and upper
 vb (transitive)
  1. to put a welt in (a garment, etc)
  2. to beat or flog soundly
Etymology: 15th Century: origin unknown
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