welter-weight

See also: welterweight

English

Alternative forms

welterweight

Etymology

Originally “heavyweight horseman” (1832), from welter (“heavyweight horseman”) +‎ weight.[1] Boxing sense 1896.

Adjective

welter-weight (not comparable)

(boxing) between lightweight and middleweight

Translations

between lightweight and middleweight

Noun

welter-weight (plural welter-weights)

(boxing) a boxer weighing more than a lightweight boxer and less than a middleweight boxer; someone boxing in the welterweight class
(horse racing) 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.

Coordinate terms

Translations

boxer

Chinese:
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Finnish: välisarja
French: poids welter (fr)

German: Weltergewicht (de) n
Italian: peso welter
Spanish: peso wélter
Swedish: welterviktare (sv) c

References

“welterweight” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.

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