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Definitions

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A sewed border or edging; a thickened edging.
  2. n. A severe beating with a whip, stick, strap, or the like

Wiktionary

  1. n. Collective noun of reinforcing welts.
  2. v. present participle of welt.

Examples

  • “Right next to where the corduroy overlaps into the welting.”

    Fictionaut: Tool

  • “It appears Cameron does not want to stand up to bully Brown encase he starts calling him names like toff and, snotty Eton boy, sending him home to cry big welting tears down his soft chubby face.”

    Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister?

  • “When she finished it looked like a professional job, with the pattern of the fabric matching at the seams, and an apparently endless amount of handmade welting.”

    Fishbird : Honoring Alice Rigby on Ada Lovelace Day

  • “For a while, all I could think of was picking at the welting on the arm of my chair.”

    Simon & Schuster: As Husbands Go

  • “It is unclear whether the hedgehog was alive or dead at the time of attack, however it did cause severe welting on the victim.”

    The Washington Post: Tuesday Breakfast Bender

  • “The welting works almost like vertical ribbing, and that, along with the short rows, gives the edging extra stretch.”

    June 2005

  • “So I ripped that out and started over with a welting pattern I found in a Barbara Walker book.”

    Finally, an update

  • “Christmas, with the reins soaring like lassos, and harness welting his fat sides, stampeded to his fate.”

    My Tropic Isle

  • “She appeared profoundly exhausted, haggard beyond measure, with deep shadows bruising her eyes and a patchwork of red scratches still welting her skin.”

    The Killing Hour

  • “Its sinuous head, like a man's half melted into a snake, or lizard, was a picture of wickedness itself; covered in a glossy, tight, black skin, smooth down to the base of the thick neck where it began welting up into pliable scales.”

    Stone of Tears

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