Definitions
A raised mark on skin, often from a blow or sting.
Word origin
Borrowed from German Welt.
Used in a sentence
“When she saw, on the back and shoulders of the child, great welts and calloused spots, ineffaceable marks of the system under which she had grown up thus far, her heart became pitiful within her.”
“[…] I am sure of one thing,—scars are plenty enough in Germany, among the young men; and very grim ones they are, too. They criss-cross the face in angry red welts, and are permanent and ineffaceable.”
“She was nearly four feet long, with a large welt on her shell, which was encrusted with ancient-looking barnacles.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Skin ridge”4 letters
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