welt
Mane (English)
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- A ridge or lump on the skin, as caused by a blow.
- 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.
- A narrow border, as of an ordinary, especially one which does not extend all the way around the ends of it (where it touches the edges of the shield) as a fimbriation would.
- Any other feature resembling a welt (strip).
Synonyms
strath mark
line of fate
skin irritation
cross welt
welted edge
belabour
Pircarînî
Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/wɛlt/
Etîmolojî (English)
Circa 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.
Vê nîşan bike
Bilêvkirina xwe baştir bike
Vê peyvê binivîse
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