quilt

nounverbattested in dialogue

//ˈkwɪlt//
/[ˈkʰwɪlt]/

A bed covering consisting of two layers of fabric stitched together, with insulation between, often having a decorative design.

noun

1
A bed covering consisting of two layers of fabric stitched together, with insulation between, often having a decorative design.
My grandmother is going to sew a quilt.
2
A roll of material with sound-absorbing properties, used in soundproofing.
3
A quilted skirt worn by women.
4
figurativeSomething composed of a variety of stitched-together parts; a patchwork.
Her humor was as bawdy as ever, and evenly placed throughout. Early on […] she alternated alternated jokes and stanzas, providing a wonderful quilt of her musical and story-telling talents.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English quilte, quylte, from Anglo-Norman quilte and Old French coilte, cuilte (compare French couette), from Latin culcita. Doublet of quoit.

verb

1
To construct a quilt.
2
To construct something, such as clothing, using the same technique.
Get up, get up for shame, the blooming morne / Upon her wings presents the god unshorne. / See how Aurora throwes her faire / Fresh-quilted colours through the aire; / Get up, sweet slug-a-bed, and see / The dew bespangling herbe and tree.
Two hundred Sempſtreſſes were employed to make me Shirts, and Linen for Bed and Table, all of the ſtrongeft and coarſeſt kind they could get; which, however, they were forced to quilt together in ſeveral Folds, for the thickeſt was ſome degrees finer than Lawn.
3
obsoleteTo beat or thrash.
I am glad, said Mr. Slick, that cussed critter, that schoolmaster, hasn't yet woke up. I'm most afeerd if he had aturned out afore we started, I should have quilted him, for that talk of his last night sticks in my crop considerable hard.

Forms

plural: quilts
past tense: quilted
past participle: quilted
present participle: quilting
third person singular: quilts

quietly · Producing little or no noise.quill · The lower shaft of a feather, specifically the region lacking…Quill · A surname from Irish.

quilt · A bed covering consisting of two layers of fabric stitched together, with insulation between, often having a decorative design.

Quincy · A surname from Old French.Quinn · A surname from Irish.quit · Released from obligation, penalty, etc; free, clear, or rid.

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