1. (n.) That which, being sewed or otherwise fastened to an edge or border, serves to guard, strengthen, or adorn it

2. (n.) 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.

3. (n.) A hem, border, or fringe.

4. (n.) In shoemaking, a narrow strip of leather around a shoe, between the upper leather and sole.

5. (n.) In steam boilers and sheet-iron work, a strip riveted upon the edges of plates that form a butt joint.

6. (n.) In carpentry, a strip of wood fastened over a flush seam or joint, or an angle, to strengthen it.

7. (n.) In machine-made stockings, a strip, or flap, of which the heel is formed.

8. (n.) A narrow border, as of an ordinary, but not extending around the ends.

9. (v. t.) To furnish with a welt; to sew or fasten a welt on; as, to welt a boot or a shoe; to welt a sleeve.

10. (v. t.) To wilt.

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