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Welt vs Wels - What's the difference?

welt | wels |

As nouns the difference between welt and wels

is that welt is a raised mark on the body caused by a blow; a wheal or weal while wels is the wels catfish.

As a verb welt

is to cause to have welts, to beat.

welt

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A raised mark on the body caused by a blow; a wheal or weal.
  • (shoemaking) A strip of leather set into the seam between the outsole of a shoe and the upper, through which these parts are joined by stitching or stapling.
  • A strip of material or covered cord applied to a seam or garment edge to strengthen or cover it.
  • In steam boilers and sheet-iron work, a strip riveted upon the edges of plates that form a butt joint.
  • In carpentry, a strip of wood fastened over a flush seam or joint, or an angle, to strengthen it.
  • In machine-made stockings, a strip, or flap, of which the heel is formed.
  • (heraldry) A narrow border, as of an ordinary, but not extending around the ends.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cause to have welts, to beat.
  • To install welt (a welt or welts) to reinforce.

    • wels

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The wels catfish

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