welt

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: walewealwhealflogwhiplatherlashslashstraptrounce

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactionsSynonyms: walewealwheal
  2. a raised or strengthened seam

Verb (2)

  1. beat severely with a whip or rod“The teacher often flogged the students”“The children were severely trounced”Synonyms: flogwhiplatherlashslashstraptrounce
  2. put a welt on“welt the shoes”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]
Welt \Welt\, v. t. To wilt. [R.] [1913 Webster]
welt \welt\ (w[e^]lt), n. [OE. welte, probably fr. W. gwald a hem, a welt, gwaldu to welt or to hem.] [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

2.(Her.) A narrow border, as of an ordinary, but not extending around the ends. [1913 Webster]

3.A raised ridge on the surface of the skin, produced by a blow, as from a stick or whip; a wale; a weal; as, to raise welts on the back with a whip.

Syn: wale; weal; wheal. [PJC]

4.A blow that produces a welt[3]. [PJC]

Welt joint, a joint, as of plates, made with a welt, instead of by overlapping the edges. See Weld, n., 1 (d) . [1913 Webster]

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