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