Antonyms for quilting

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

Synonyms for quilting

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