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upholster

[uhp-hohl-ster, uh-pohl-]
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verb (used with object)
  1. to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
  2. to furnish (an interior) with hangings, curtains, carpets, or the like.

Origin of upholster

1850–55, Americanism; back formation from upholsterer
Related formsre·up·hol·ster, verb (used with object)un·up·hol·stered, adjective
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Examples from the Web for reupholstered

Historical Examples

  • And she steers her towards a solid built davenport that we'd been meanin' to have reupholstered anyway.

    The House of Torchy

    Sewell Ford

  • The plush "set" had not gone to the auction room, however, but had been reupholstered with a serviceable "tapestry covering."

    Mrs. Balfame

    Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

British Dictionary definitions for reupholstered

upholster

verb
  1. (tr) to fit (chairs, sofas, etc) with padding, springs, webbing, and covering
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Word Origin and History for reupholstered

upholster

v.

1853, back-formation from upholsterer "tradesman who finishes or repairs articles of furniture" (1610s), from upholdester (early 15c.), formed with a diminutive (originally fem.) suffix, from obsolete Middle English noun upholder "dealer in small goods" (early 14c.), from upholden "to repair, uphold, keep from falling or sinking" (in this case, by stuffing); see uphold.

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