Welt
Welt [ welt ] | |
[ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ] | |
MEANING : | |
1. (n.) a ridge on the skin caused by whip or cane 2. (n.) a strip of leather stitched into a shoe between the upper and the sole 3. (n.) a blow or lash which produces a ridge on the body 4. (tr. v.) to flog or beat soundly 5. (tr. v.) to reinforce with a welt 6. (intr. v.) to be marked with welts | |
USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : | |
The jockey was fined for indiscriminately whipping his horse during the race thereby causing welts on its flanks. | |
USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : | |
Some will bear the scars, in the form of welts shaped like the drain, on their bodies forever. |
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