welt
noun
[ wɛlt ]
• a leather rim sewn round the edge of a shoe upper to which the sole is attached.
• a red, raised mark or scar; a weal.
• a heavy blow.
• "let me give it a welt with my hammer"
welt
verb
• provide with a welt.
• strike (someone or something) hard and heavily.
• "I could have welted him"
• develop a raised scar or weal.
• "his lip was beginning to thicken and welt from the blow"
Origin:
late Middle English: of unknown origin.
