welter-weight

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)

1. (boxing) between lightweight and middleweight

Translations

between lightweight and middleweight

Noun

welter-weight (plural welter-weights)

1. (boxing) a boxer weighing more than a lightweight boxer and less than a middleweight boxer; someone boxing in the welterweight class
2. (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

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Finnish: välisarja French: poids welter (fr)

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

References

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