quilter
Variant of quilt
quilt
definition
quilt (kwilt)
noun
- 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
- anything used as a quilt
- anything quilted or like a quilt
Etymology: ME quilte < OFr < L culcita, bed, mattress < IE base *kwelek- > Sans kūrcaḥ, bundle, roll
transitive verb
- to make or stitch as or like a quilt to quilt a potholder
- to sew up or fasten between two pieces of material
- to line or pad with a quiltlike material
intransitive verb
to make a quilt or quilts
Related Forms:
- quilter quilt′er noun
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Comments
Improve this definition.
Share on Facebook