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welter-weight en · ADJ

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) between lightweight and middleweight

Forms

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Translations (1)

pl półśredni (between lightweight and middleweight)

welter-weight en · NOUN

Etymology

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

Meanings

  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.

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Coordinates

heavyweight · lightweight · middleweight

Translations (9)

es peso wélter (boxer) · pl waga półśrednia (boxer) · it peso welter (boxer) · de Weltergewicht (boxer) · fr poids welter (boxer) · ca pes wèlter (boxer) · fi välisarja (boxer) · gl peso welter (boxer) · sv welterviktare (boxer)