Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A sewed border or edging; a thickened edging.
- noun A severe beating with a whip, stick, strap, or the like
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Collective noun of reinforcing
welts . - verb Present participle of
welt .
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Examples
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Right next to where the corduroy overlaps into the welting.
Tool Susan Tepper 2011
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It appears Cameron does not want to stand up to bully Brown encase he starts calling him names like toff and, snotty Eton boy, sending him home to cry big welting tears down his soft chubby face.
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It is unclear whether the hedgehog was alive or dead at the time of attack, however it did cause severe welting on the victim.
Tuesday Breakfast Bender Emil Steiner 2008
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When she finished it looked like a professional job, with the pattern of the fabric matching at the seams, and an apparently endless amount of handmade welting.
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For a while, all I could think of was picking at the welting on the arm of my chair.
As Husbands Go Susan Isaacs 2010
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It appears Cameron does not want to stand up to bully Brown encase he starts calling him names like toff and, snotty Eton boy, sending him home to cry big welting tears down his soft chubby face.
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For a while, all I could think of was picking at the welting on the arm of my chair.
As Husbands Go Susan Isaacs 2010
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It is unclear whether the hedgehog was alive or dead at the time of attack, however it did cause severe welting on the victim.
Tuesday Breakfast Bender Emil Steiner 2008
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The welting works almost like vertical ribbing, and that, along with the short rows, gives the edging extra stretch.
June 2005 2005
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So I ripped that out and started over with a welting pattern I found in a Barbara Walker book.
Finally, an update 2005
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