Thesaurus: welt

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1. n. That which, being sewed or otherwise fastened to an edge or border, serves to guard, strengthen, or adorn it
2. n. 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.
3. n. A hem, border, or fringe.
4. n. In shoemaking, a narrow strip of leather around a shoe, between the upper leather and sole.
5. n. In steam boilers and sheet-iron work, a strip riveted upon the edges of plates that form a butt joint.
6. n. In carpentry, a strip of wood fastened over a flush seam or joint, or an angle, to strengthen it.
7. n. In machine-made stockings, a strip, or flap, of which the heel is formed.
8. n. A narrow border, as of an ordinary, but not extending around the ends.
9. v. t. To furnish with a welt; to sew or fasten a welt on; as, to welt a boot or a shoe; to welt a sleeve.
10. v. t. To wilt.
11. n. a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions
12. n. a raised or strengthened seam