Citations:welt


 * (general, clothing/textile, or heraldic sense)


 * 1623, André Favyn, The theater of honour and knight-hood , book 10:
 * [...] round about a border of Purple Veluet, with Floure de luces of Gold, embrodred to the full, with a welt and bordure of Ermines foure fingers broad. / Vpon the last named cloath or Couerlet of St / [...]


 * (the general or the clothing/textile-work sense)


 * 1724 (edition), John Guillim, A Display of Heraldry, page 16:
 * An Orle, in vulgar French signifies a Selvidge or Welt.
 * 1677, Guy Miege, A new dictionary French and English with another English and French according to the present use and modern orthography of the French inrich'd with new words, choice phrases, and apposite proverbs, B:
 * [...] a band, a swaddling band, a long and narrow piece of any stuff. / Bande, bord, bordure, a welt, border, or guard about a gown.


 * (general sense?)


 * 1668, John Wilkins, An essay towards a real character, and a philosophical language by John Wilkins ..., part 2:
 * [...] either that which is the largest, of a waterish tast, having a large seed with a welt about the edges: or that which is of a more rich pleasant tast, with a plain seed not marked [...]