English Explanatory Dictionary

welter-weight

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. between lightweight and middleweight
noun
  1. a boxer weighing more than a lightweight boxer and less than a middleweight boxer; someone boxing in the welterweight class
  2. A weight of 28 pounds (or 40 pounds: a heavy welterweight), sometimes imposed in addition to weight for age, chiefly in steeplechases and hurdle races.

Word forms

welter-weight welterweight welter-weights

Etymology

Originally “heavyweight horseman” (1832), from welter (“heavyweight horseman”) + weight. Boxing sense 1896.

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