quilter

Variant of quilt

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

Origin: 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

to make a quilt or quilts

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