Meaning of without welt or guard | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see without, welt, guard. Of clothing, etc: not having a welt or hem.
2. Plain(ly) or straightforward(ly); without embellishment(s).
   dated, figuratively

Examples

“For, as the Romans, a gowned nation, gave unto them that were entring into mans estate, a virile and plaine gowne, without welt or guard : even so, the Germans our Ancestors bestowed upon their young men, whom they judged meet [...]”

“… without Flattery or Dissimulation, but relate the Story without Welt or Guard, that these People, who are all Persons of Quality, may understand the want of …”

“[BEDFORD-SHIRE, proverbs:] [...] / It is applyed to things plain and simple without either welt or guard to adorne them, as also to matters easie and obvious to be found with / [...] [WARWICK-SHIRE, Saints:] Jacob, a plain man, with Nathaniel an Israelite without guile, welt or gard.”

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