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quilt

quilt [ kwilt ]


noun  (plural quilts)
Definition:
 
1. bed cover: a bed cover made of two layers of fabric stitched together with padding held in place by decorative intersecting seams

2. something similar to quilt: something that resembles a quilt or is quilted



transitive verb  (past and past participle quilt·ed, present participle quilt·ing, 3rd person present singular quilts)
Definition:
 
sew fabric like quilt: to sew two layers of fabric together with a filling, especially using decorative stitching

[13th century. Via Anglo-Norman< Latin culcita "cushion, mattress"]

quilt·er noun
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