welt
A ridge or lump on the skin, as caused by a blow or insect biteA ridge or lump on the skin, as caused by a blow or insect bite.
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Meaning
8 sensesA ridge or lump on the skin, as caused by a blow or insect bite.
Quaddel, Strieme
рубе́цrubéc
A strip, especially one around the edge of something (for example, in some old heraldry).
A strip, especially one around the edge of something (for example, in some old heraldry).
A strip of leather set into the seam between the outsole of a shoe and the upper, through which these parts are joined by stitching or stapling.
A strip of material or covered cord applied to a seam or garment edge to strengthen or cover it.
In steam boilers and sheet-iron work, a strip riveted upon the edges of plates that form a butt joint.
In carpentry, a strip of wood fastened over a flush seam or joint, or an angle, to strengthen it.
In machine-made stockings, a strip, or flap, of which the heel is formed.
(obsolete)A shoe made with a welt (strip of leather set into the seam).
- a raised or strengthened seam
- a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions
Examples
4 sentencesWhere did these welts come from?
The whip left welts on my back.
Mosquito bites leave itchy welts that drive me crazy.
The German newspaper Die Welt has called Canada's Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, the "sexiest politician alive".
deDer kanadische Premierminister Justin Trudeau wurde von der deutschen Zeitung „Die Welt“ zum „feschesten Politiker der Welt“ gekürt.
Translations
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Origin
First use appears c. 1425, a shoemaker's term. Perhaps related to Middle English welten (“First use appears c. 1425, a shoemaker's term. Perhaps related to Middle English welten (“to overturn, roll over”), from Old Norse velta (“to roll”). Meaning "ridge on the skin from a wound" first recorded 1800.
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