welterweight : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: welterweight	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for welterweight
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
welterweight n a weight of 28 pounds; sometimes imposed as a handicap in a horse race (such as a steeplechase) an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 148 pounds a wrestler who weighs 154-172 pounds a professional boxer who weighs between 141 and 147 pounds
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Welterweight \Wel"ter*weight`\, n. 1. (Horse Racing) A weight of 28 pounds (one of 40 pounds is called a {heavy welterweight}) sometimes imposed in addition to weight for age, chiefly in steeplechases and hurdle races. 2. A boxer or wrestler whose weight is intermediate between that of a lightweight and that of a middleweight.