[f. WELT sb.1 + -ER1.] A worker who makes or inserts the welt (in a manufactured article).

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1862.  Mrs. H. Wood, Mrs. Hallib. Troub., I. xviii. Some welted, or hemmed the gloves round at the edge of the wrist; these were called ‘welters.’

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1866.  Lond. Rev., 27 Oct., 459/2. There are various epithets for shoemakers;… there are welters … clickers, blockers … closers.

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1881.  Instr. Census Clerks (1885), 75. Hosiery manufacture…. Welter. Ibid., 76. Glover, glove maker…. Welter.

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