welt

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

WELT, noun [See Wall.] A border; a kind of hem or edging, as on a garment or piece of cloth, or on a shoe. WELT, verb transitive To furnish with a welt; to sew on a border.
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