Quilting

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Quilting \Quilt"ing\, n.
     1. The act of stitching or running in patterns, as in making
        a quilt.
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     2. A quilting bee. See {Bee}, 2.


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     3. The material used for making quilts.
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     4. (Naut.) A coating of strands of rope for a water vessel.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Quilt \Quilt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quilted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Quilting}.]
     1. 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. --Dryden.
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     2. To wad, as a garment, with warm soft material.
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     3. To stitch or sew in lines or patterns.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  quilting
       n 1: stitching through layers of fabric and a filling so as to
            create a design
       2: a material used for making a quilt, or a quilted fabric