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quilting

nounB2+Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #12,722 of 15,258leans written

Quilting is stitching that holds padding between two layers. Hand quilting, the quilting pattern, machine quilting.

The stitches are structural rather than decorative, since without them the padding would shift and bunch. The pattern is where the art is, and hand quilting a full-sized quilt takes months.

Sonia Sevilla · CC0

Definitions of quilting

  1. 1nounquiltingStitching that holds padding between two layers.B2+

    “The jacket has warm quilting, so it's perfect for winter.”

quilting is a stitching.

Where it comes from

  1. Latin

    culcita

  2. Old French

    coilte

  3. Anglo-Norman

    quilte

  4. Middle English

    quilte

  5. English

    quilt

  6. English, today

    quilting

quilt Middle English quilte, quylte, from Anglo-Norman quilte and Old French coilte, cuilte (compare French couette), from Latin culcita. a doublet of quoit.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Knitting & Sewing

Practise this word

quilting in the wild

  • A wide variety of textile products are traditionally associated with quilting, including bed coverings, home furnishings, garments and costumes, wall hangings, artistic objects, and cultural artifacts.

    Quilting

  • In contemporary artistic quilting, quilters sometimes use new and experimental materials such as plastics, paper, natural fibers, and plants.

    Quilting

  • Tivaevae or tivaivai in the Cook Islands, tifaifai in French Polynesia, is a form of artistic quilting traditionally done by Polynesian women.

    Tivaevae

  • A crazy quilt rarely has the internal layer of batting that is part of what defines quilting as a textile technique.

    Crazy quilting

  • The history of quilting, the stitching together of layers of padding and fabric, may date back as far as 3400 BCE.

    History of quilting

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Related words

the quilte family

quiltquilting

quilting — used about once every 15,236 pages · #12,722 · point at the bar for the others