Quilt
[kwɪlt]
Definition
(noun.) bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together.
(verb.) create by stitching together.
(verb.) stitch or sew together; 'quilt the skirt'.
Checked by Fern--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Anything that is quilted; esp., a quilted bed cover, or a skirt worn by women; any cover or garment made by putting wool, cotton, etc., between two cloths and stitching them together; also, any outer bed cover.
(v. t.) To stitch or sew together at frequent intervals, in order to confine in place the several layers of cloth and wadding of which a garment, comforter, etc., may be made; as, to quilt a coat.
(v. t.) To wad, as a garment, with warm soft material.
(v. t.) To stitch or sew in lines or patterns.
Checker: Lowell
Definition
n. a bed-cover of two cloths sewed together with something soft between them: a thick coverlet.—v.t. to make into a quilt: to stitch together with something soft between to stitch in: to sew like a quilt.—adj. Quilt′ed stitched together as a quilt: (Spens.) padded.—ns. Quilt′er a person or machine for making quilting; Quilt′ing the act of making a quilt: that which is quilted: a cotton or linen cloth like diaper with raised pattern for vests &c.: a kind of coating formed of sinnet strands of rope &c. outside any vessel containing water: a thrashing with a rope's end; Quilt′ing-bee in New England a gathering of women to help one in quilting a counterpane followed by a supper to which men are admitted; Quilt′ing-cott′on cotton-wadding; Quilt′ing-frame an adjustable frame for holding a fabric for quilting.
Typist: Martha
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of quilts, foretells pleasant and comfortable circumstances. For a young woman, this dream foretells that her practical and wise business-like ways will advance her into the favorable esteem of a man who will seek her for a wife. If the quilts are clean, but having holes in them, she will win a husband who appreciates her worth, but he will not be the one most desired by her for a companion. If the quilts are soiled, she will bear evidence of carelessness in her dress and manners, and thus fail to secure a very upright husband.
Typist: Tyler
Examples
- The girl had been so careful as to put the quilt of her baby's bed into it, for me to lie down on. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- There is no down quilt. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Sometimes all India was a patchwork quilt of states; sometimes such empires as that of the Guptas prevailed over great areas. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Turning restlessly, she drew the bedclothes round her; my elbow, resting on a corner of the quilt, fixed it down: she was at once irritated. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The Syrian saddle-blanket is a quilted mattress two or three inches thick. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Checker: Micawber