Welt vs Wheal - What's the difference?
welt | wheal |
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.
A small raised swelling on the skin, often itchy, caused by a blow from a whip or an insect bite etc.
(UK, dialect, Cornwall, mining) A mine.
* 1829 , Thomas Moore, The History of Devonshire ,
* 2003 , Peter Long, The Hidden Places of Cornwall ,
* 2010 , , Julia Bradbury's Railway Walks ,
Wheal is a synonym of welt.
As nouns the difference between welt and wheal
is that welt is a raised mark on the body caused by a blow; a wheal or weal while wheal is a small raised swelling on the skin, often itchy, caused by a blow from a whip or an insect bite etc.As a verb welt
is to cause to have welts, to beat.welt
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(en noun)wheal
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Etymology 1
Compare wale. (wikipedia wheal)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* wale * weal * weltEtymology 2
From (etyl) hwel.Noun
(en noun)page 528,
- The four last-mentioned mines, Wheal' Crowndale, '''Wheal''' Crebor, East Liscombe, and ' Wheal Tamar, are on the same lode, which ranges as usual from east to west, and are included in a space of about four miles in length.
page 85,
- Surrounding the village are the remains ot many mine workings including the picturesque gtoup of clifftop buildings thar were once part of one of the county's best known mines - Wheal Coares.
page 27,
- If you look at the map there are ‘wheals’ all over the place. There's Wheal' Rose, '''Wheal''' Plenty and '''Wheal''' Busy. Back on the tramroad the industrial communities come thick and fast as you head southeast to ' Wheal Rose.