welter-weight
A boxer weighing more than a lightweight boxer and less than a middleweight boxerA boxer weighing more than a lightweight boxer and less than a middleweight boxer; someone boxing in the welterweight class
Meaning
2 sensesA boxer weighing more than a lightweight boxer and less than a middleweight boxer; someone boxing in the welterweight class
Weltergewicht
A weight of 28 pounds (or 40 pounds: a heavy welterweight), sometimes imposed in addition to weight for age, chiefly in steeplechases and hurdle races.
Translations
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Origin
Originally “heavyweight horseman” (1832), from welter (“heavyweight horseman”) + weight. BOriginally “heavyweight horseman” (1832), from welter (“heavyweight horseman”) + weight. Boxing sense 1896.
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