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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : kwil-ting
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkwɪl tɪŋ



Definition of quilting

Origin :
  • c.1300, "mattress with soft lining," from Anglo-French quilte, Old French cuilte, coute "quilt, mattress" (12c.), from Latin culcita "mattress, bolster," of unknown origin. Sense of "thick outer bed covering" is first recorded 1590s.
  • As in needlework : noun needlepoint
  • As in lining : noun interlining
  • As in stuffing : noun material used to pad
  • As in embroidery : noun fancy stitching
  • As in line : verb put covering inside object
  • As in embroider : verb add fancy stitching, adornment
Example sentences :
  • Embroidery may be added to the quilting, and this is often an improvement.
  • Extract from : « Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving » by Grace Christie
  • I am sure Mother will want my help with her quilting this afternoon.
  • Extract from : « A Little Maid of Old Maine » by Alice Turner Curtis
  • It was drunk at every spinning-bee, quilting, or other gathering of women.
  • Extract from : « Customs and Fashions in Old New England » by Alice Morse Earle
  • (b) Quilting, banding, practice for curves and square corners.
  • Extract from : « The Making of a Trade School » by Mary Schenck Woolman
  • Among the few home occupations that have survived is quilting.
  • Extract from : « Quilts » by Marie D. Webster
  • The interlining, if the quilting is to be close and elaborate, must be thin.
  • Extract from : « Quilts » by Marie D. Webster
  • Skill and speed in quilting can be acquired only through much practice.
  • Extract from : « Quilts » by Marie D. Webster
  • Their armor was imperfect, and more often of quilting than of mail.
  • Extract from : « The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 » by Various
  • At Tonneins, on the Garonne, they entered a house where a number of girls were quilting.
  • Extract from : « Washington Irving » by Charles Dudley Warner
  • As soon as she had finished her work, she would take her seat by the quilting frame.
  • Extract from : « The Goose Man » by Jacob Wassermann

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