welt joint

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welt joint - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  welt \welt\ (w[e^]lt), n. [OE. welte, probably fr. W. gwald a
     hem, a welt, gwaldu to welt or to hem.]
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     1. That which, being sewed or otherwise fastened to an edge
        or border, serves to guard, strengthen, or adorn it; as:
        (a) 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.
        (b) A hem, border, or fringe. [Obs.]
        (c) In shoemaking, a narrow strip of leather around a
            shoe, between the upper leather and sole.
        (d) In steam boilers and sheet-iron work, a strip riveted
            upon the edges of plates that form a butt joint.
        (e) In carpentry, a strip of wood fastened over a flush
            seam or joint, or an angle, to strengthen it.
        (f) In machine-made stockings, a strip, or flap, of which
            the heel is formed.
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     2. (Her.) A narrow border, as of an ordinary, but not
        extending around the ends.
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     3. A raised ridge on the surface of the skin, produced by a
        blow, as from a stick or whip; a wale; a weal; as, to
        raise welts on the back with a whip.
  
     Syn: wale; weal; wheal.
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     4. A blow that produces a welt[3].
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     Welt joint, a joint, as of plates, made with a welt,
        instead of by overlapping the edges. See Weld, n., 1
        (d) .
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