noun a hem, border, or fringe.
2. welt ·vt to wilt.
3. welt ·noun a narrow border, as of an ordinary, but not extending around the ends.
4. welt ·noun in machine-made stockings, a strip, or flap, of which the heel is formed.
5. welt ·noun in shoemaking, a narrow strip of leather around a shoe, between the upper leather and sole.
6. welt ·noun in carpentry, a strip of wood fastened over a flush seam or joint, or an angle, to strengthen it.
7. welt ·vt to furnish with a welt; to sew or fasten a welt on; as, to welt a boot or a shoe; to welt a sleeve.
8. welt ·noun in steam boilers and sheet-iron work, a strip riveted upon the edges of plates that form a butt joint.
9. welt ·noun that which, being sewed or otherwise fastened to an edge or border, serves to guard, strengthen, or adorn it.
10. welt ·noun a small cord covered with cloth and sewed on a seam or border to strengthen it; an edge of cloth folded on itself, usually over a cord, and sewed down.