welter-weight
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welter-weight
Where it comes from
Originally “heavyweight horseman” (1832), from welter (“heavyweight horseman”) + weight. Boxing sense 1896.
adjective welterweight
- between lightweight and middleweight
noun welter-weights · welterweight
- A boxer weighing more than a lightweight boxer and less than a middleweight boxer; someone boxing in the welterweight class.
- 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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noun boxer
| Español | peso wélter |
|---|---|
| Français | poids welter |
| Deutsch | Weltergewicht |
| Italiano | peso welter |
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