welt

 
Pronunciation: /wɛlt/

noun

  • 1a leather rim sewn round the edge of a shoe upper to which the sole is attached.
  • a ribbed, reinforced, or decorative border of a garment or pocket.
  • 2a red, raised mark or scar; a weal.
  • 3a heavy blow: let me give it a welt with my hammer

verb

[with object]
  • 1provide with a welt.
  • 2strike (someone or something) hard and heavily: I could have welted him
  • 3 [no object] develop a raised scar or weal: his lip was beginning to thicken and welt from the blow

Origin:

late Middle English: of unknown origin