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quilt

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quilt  (kwlt)
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.]

quilter n.

quilt [kwɪlt]
n
1. a thick warm cover for a bed, consisting of a soft filling sewn between two layers of material, usually with crisscross seams
2. a bedspread or counterpane
3. anything quilted or resembling a quilt
vb (tr)
1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Knitting & Sewing) to stitch together (two pieces of fabric) with (a thick padding or lining) between them to quilt cotton and wool
2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Knitting & Sewing) to create (a garment, covering, etc.) in this way
3. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Knitting & Sewing) to pad with material
4. Austral informal to strike; clout
[from Old French coilte mattress, from Latin culcita stuffed item of bedding]
quilter  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.quiltquilt - bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
bed clothing, bedclothes, bedding - coverings that are used on a bed
continental quilt, duvet, eiderdown - a soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider
patchwork quilt, patchwork - a quilt made by sewing patches of different materials together
Verb1.quilt - stitch or sew together; "quilt the skirt"
conjoin, join - make contact or come together; "The two roads join here"
2.quilt - create by stitching together
tailor-make, sew, tailor - create (clothes) with cloth; "Can the seamstress sew me a suit by next week?"

quilt
noun bedspread, duvet, comforter (U.S.), downie (informal), coverlet, eiderdown, counterpane, doona (Austral.), continental quilt an old patchwork quilt
Translations
quilt [kwɪlt]
A. Nedredón m (Brit) (also continental quilt) → edredón m (nórdico)
B. VTacolchar

quilt [ˈkwɪlt] n
(= decorative cover) → édredon m
(= duvet) (also continental quilt) → couette f

quilt
n (= continental quilt)Steppdecke f; (unstitched) → Federbett nt; (= bedspread)Bettdecke f
vtabsteppen; (with padding) → wattieren; quilted jacketSteppjacke f

quilt [kwɪlt]
1. n (traditional) → trapunta; (continental quilt) → piumino
2. vttrapuntare

quilt [kwɪlt]
1. n (traditional) → trapunta; (continental quilt) → piumino
2. vttrapuntare

quilt
n quilt [kwilt]
a bedcover filled with down, feathers etc. kwilt لِحاف юрган prošívaná přikrývka vattæppe die Steppdecke πάπλωμα γεμισμένο με πούπουλα κτλ. edredón suletekk, vatitekk لحاف peite édredon שְׂמִיכַת פּוּך रजाई poplun paplan selimut berlapis kapas, bulu dsb vatterað rúmteppi trapunta, piumone 羽ぶとん 누비이불 daigstyta antklodė dūnu sega; pēlis kuilt gewatteerde deken lappeteppe, vattert teppe; dyne kołdra edredon cuvertură стёганое одеяло prešívaná prikrývka odeja jorgan []täcke ผ้านวมคลุมเตียง yorgan 羽毛被 пухова ковдра توشک، رضائی mền bông; chăn
adj quilted
made of two layers of material (often decoratively) stitched together with padding between them a quilted jacket. gekwilt مَحْشو بِالصّوف أو القُطن ватиран prošívaný vatteret gesteppt καπιτονέ, φοδραρισμένος acolchado vateeritud, tepitud لایی دار tikattu matelassé רִקמַת טְלָאִים दुलाई जैसी बना, गद्देदार prošiven steppelt terbuat dari sambungan perca-perca yang dijahit vatteraður imbottito, trapuntato キルトの 누비 이불 같은 daigstytas vatēts berlapik gewatteerd vattert, i lappeteppeteknikk pikowany acolchoado matlasat стёганый prešívaný prešit vatiran vaddstickad ซึ่งบุผ้าสองชั้น iki katlı kapitone 有內襯的 стьобаний دو موٹے کپڑوں کے بیچ گدّ ے دار تہ لگا کر بنایا گیا لباس hai lớp ,絮

quilt لحاف prošívaná deka vattæppe Steppdecke πάπλωμα edredón sängynpeitto édredon prošiven poplun trapunta キルト 누비이불 schuld vattert sengeteppe kołdra acolchoado, edredão стеганое одеяло täcke ผ้าบุคลุมเตียง yorgan chăn chần bông 棉被


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The patches are of all shapes and sizes, so a patchwork quilt is a very pretty and gorgeous thing to look at.
The counterpane was of patchwork, full of odd little parti-colored squares and triangles; and this arm of his tattooed all over with an interminable Cretan labyrinth of a figure, no two parts of which were of one precise shade --owing I suppose to his keeping his arm at sea unmethodically in sun and shade, his shirt sleeves irregularly rolled up at various times --this same arm of his, I say, looked for all the world like a strip of that same patchwork quilt.
Indeed, as Jones returned to his bed in the dark, he had never perceived the muff on the quilt, and, in leaping into his bed, he had tumbled it on the floor.
 
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