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
- lightweight
- middleweight
- heavyweight
Translations
boxer
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References
- “welterweight” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.