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quilt

  [kwilt]
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–noun
1. 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.
2. anything quilted or resembling a quilt.
3. a bedspread or counterpane, esp. a thick one.
4. Obsolete. a mattress.
–verb (used with object)
5. to stitch together (two pieces of cloth and a soft interlining), usually in an ornamental pattern.
6. to sew up between pieces of material.
7. to pad or line with material.
–verb (used without object)
8. to make quilts or quilted work.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME quilte < OF cuilte < L culcita mattress, cushion

Related forms:
quilter, noun
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quilt   (kwĭlt)   
n.  
  1. A coverlet or blanket made of two layers of fabric with a layer of cotton, wool, feathers, or down in between, all stitched firmly together, usually in a decorative crisscross design.
  2. A thick protective cover similar to or suggestive of a quilt.
v.   quilt·ed, quilt·ing, quilts

v.   tr.
  1. To make into a quilt by stitching (layers of fabric) together.
  2. To construct like a quilt: quilt a skirt.
  3. To pad and stitch ornamentally.
v.   intr.
  1. To make a quilt.
  2. To do quilted work.

[Middle English quilte, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin culcita, mattress.]
quilt'er n.
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Quilt

Quilt\, n. [OE. quilte, OF. cuilte, L. culcita ? bed, cushion, mattress. Cf. 2d Counterpoint, Cushion.] Anything that is quilted; esp., a quilted bed cover, or a skirt worn by women; any cover or garment made by putting wool, cotton, etc., between two cloths and stitching them together; also, any outer bed cover.

The beds were covered with magnificent quilts. --Arbuthnot.

Quilt

Quilt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quilted; p. pr. & vb. n. Quilting.]

1. To stitch or sew together at frequent intervals, in order to confine in place the several layers of cloth and wadding of which a garment, comforter, etc., may be made; as, to quilt a coat. --Dryden.

2. To wad, as a garment, with warm soft material.

3. To stitch or sew in lines or patterns.
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Language Translation for : quilt
Spanish: edredón,
German: die Steppdecke,
Japanese: 羽ぶとん
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quilt  (n.)
c.1300, "mattress with soft lining," from Anglo-Fr. quilte, O.Fr. cuilte "quilt, mattress" (12c.), from L. culcita "mattress," of unknown origin. Sense of "thick outer bed covering" is first recorded 1596. The verb is 1555, from the noun.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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