WELT

I. noun Etymology: Middle English ~e Date: 15th century a strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together, a doubled edge, strip, insert, or seam (as on a garment) for ornament or reinforcement, 3. a ridge or lump raised on the body (as by a blow or allergic reaction), a heavy blow, II. transitive verb Date: 15th century to furnish with a ~, 2. to raise a ~ on the body of, to hit hard