[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

welt \welt\ we^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 welt3.
      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
see also:
welt joint weld 

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