noun

1. a bedcover made of two layers of cloth filled with down, cotton, wool, etc. and stitched together in lines or patterns to keep the filling in place
2. anything used as a quilt
3. anything quilted or like a quilt

Etymology: ME quilte < OFr < L culcita, bed, mattress < IE base *kwelek- > Sans kūrcaḥ, bundle, roll

transitive verb

1. to make or stitch as or like a quilt to quilt a potholder
2. to sew up or fasten between two pieces of material
3. to line or pad with a quiltlike material

intransitive verb