quilt
a coverlet for a bed, made of two layers of fabric with some soft substance, as wool or down, between them and stitched in patterns or tufted through all thicknesses in order to prevent the filling from shifting.
anything quilted or resembling a quilt.
a bedspread or counterpane, especially a thick one.
Obsolete. a mattress.
to stitch together (two pieces of cloth and a soft interlining), usually in an ornamental pattern.
to sew up between pieces of material.
to pad or line with material.
to make quilts or quilted work.
Origin of quilt
1Other words from quilt
- quilter, noun
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How to use quilt in a sentence
Making endless hours of sewing more bearable, quilters transformed their everyday crafts into symbolic masterpieces.
All sorts of everyday quilters who were moved by the historic victory sat down at their sewing machines to mark the occasion.
Not that any pundits noticed, but quilters predicted the election of Barack Obama.
Thus around the outstretched quilt a dozen quilters could sit running the whole together with fanciful set designs of stitching.
Home Life in Colonial Days | Alice Morse EarleThe work of the old-time quilters possesses artistic merit to a very high degree.
Quilts | Marie D. Webster
Upon this smooth top the quilting is drawn, for even the most expert quilters require outlines to quilt by.
Quilts | Marie D. WebsterOne very effective design used by many quilters is known as the “Ostrich Feather.”
Quilts | Marie D. WebsterThe “fan” and “twisted rope” patterns are familiar to the older quilters but are not much used at the present time.
Quilts | Marie D. Webster
British Dictionary definitions for quilt
/ (kwɪlt) /
a thick warm cover for a bed, consisting of a soft filling sewn between two layers of material, usually with crisscross seams
a bedspread or counterpane
anything quilted or resembling a quilt
to stitch together (two pieces of fabric) with (a thick padding or lining) between them: to quilt cotton and wool
to create (a garment, covering, etc) in this way
to pad with material
Australian informal to strike; clout
Origin of quilt
1Derived forms of quilt
- quilter, noun
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