4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Upholster \Up*hol"ster\, v. t. [See {Upholsterer}.] To furnish (rooms, carriages, bedsteads, chairs, etc.) with hangings, coverings, cushions, etc.; to adorn with furnishings in cloth, velvet, silk, etc.; as, to upholster a couch; to upholster a room with curtains. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Upholster \Up*hol"ster\, n. 1. A broker. [Obs.] --Caxton. [1913 Webster] 2. An upholsterer. [Obs.] --Strype. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Upholsterer \Up*hol"ster*er\, n. [A substitution for older upholder, in OE., broker, tradesman, and formerly also written {upholster}, {upholdster}. See {Upholder}, and {-ster}.] One who provides hangings, coverings, cushions, curtains, and the like; one who upholsters. [1913 Webster] {Upholsterer bee}. (Zool.) See {Poppy bee}, under {Poppy}. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: upholster v : provide furniture with padding, springs, webbing, and covers
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