welt

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
welt/welt/

▶noun

• 1 a leather rim round the edge of the upper of a shoe, to which the sole is attached.

  ■ a ribbed, reinforced, or decorative border of a garment or pocket.

• 2 a weal.

• 3 a heavy blow.

▶verb

• 1 provide with a welt.

• 2 strike hard and heavily.

• 3 develop a weal.

– origin ME: of unknown origin.