Definition of "welt" []

• A strip, as of leather or other material, stitched into a shoe between the sole and the upper. (noun)
• A tape or covered cord sewn into a seam as reinforcement or trimming. (noun)
• A ridge or bump on the skin caused by a lash or blow or sometimes by an allergic reaction. (noun)
• A lash or blow producing such a mark. (noun)
• To reinforce or trim with a welt. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The welt is gone, there is no more bulge from either infection or gauze."
• "He faces second-degree felony charges of shooting or throwing a deadly missileThe victim received a welt from the plastic pellet and is fine."
• "A welt is a narrow strip of leather which is sewed to the lower edge of the upper all the way around the shoe except at the heel."