welt

welt
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]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • Welt- — Welt …   Deutsch Wörterbuch

  • Welt — Welt: Das altgerm. Substantiv mhd. we‹r›lt, ahd. weralt »Zeitalter; Welt; Menschengeschlecht«, niederl. wereld, engl. world, schwed. värld »Welt« ist eine alte Zusammensetzung, deren erster Bestandteil das unter ↑ Werwolf behandelte germ. Wort… …   Das Herkunftswörterbuch

  • Welt — may refer to:* Die Welt, a German national newspaper * Wheal (aka Welt), a type of skin lesion * Welt (shoe), a part of a shoe * Welt (album), an album by ohGr * Welt, Germany * Welt (magazine), an online magazine …   Wikipedia

  • 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] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Welt [1] — Welt, 1) (Mundus, Universum, Universitas rerum), der Inbegriff alles dessen, was ist u. geschieht, als Ganzes betrachtet, das Weltall. Das Weltall besteht aus sämmtlichen Fixsternen, den Planeten nebst ihren Trabanten u. den Kometen, u. heißt mit …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • welt — /welt/, 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. Shoemaking. a. a strip, as of leather, set in between the outsole of a shoe and the edges of its insole and… …   Universalium

  • Welt — Sf std. (8. Jh.), mhd. welt, wer(e)lt, ahd. weralt, andfrk. werold Stammwort. Aus wg. * wira aldō f. Zeitalter, Welt , auch in ae. weorold, afr. warld. Zusammensetzung aus g. * wera Mann, Mensch in gt. wair, anord. verr m., ae. wer, as. wer, ahd …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • Welt — [Basiswortschatz (Rating 1 1500)] Auch: • Erde Bsp.: • Er ging auf Weltreise. • Es ist wirklich das größte Kaufhaus der Welt. • Ich frage ihn, was um alles in der Welt er tue. • Ist er der Beste Fußballer der Welt? …   Deutsch Wörterbuch

  • welt — [welt] n. [ME welte, prob. akin to OE wealtan, to roll: for IE base see WALK] 1. a strip of leather stitched into the seam between the sole and upper of a shoe to strengthen the joining 2. a strip of material, often folded over a cord, placed at… …   English World dictionary

  • Welt — Welt, v. t. To wilt. [R.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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