Definitions for quilting

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quilting quilt·ing

Spelling: [kwil-ting]

IPA: /ˈkwɪl tɪŋ/

Quilting is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 106 anagrams from letters in quilting (giilnqtu).

Definitions for quilting

noun

1. the act of a person who quilts.
2. material for making quilts.
3. a heavily padded wrapping, as for fragile cargo.
4. a coverlet for a bed, made of two layers of fabric with some soft substance, as wool or down, between them and stitched in patterns or tufted through all thicknesses in order to prevent the filling from shifting.
5. anything quilted or resembling a quilt.
6. a bedspread or counterpane, especially a thick one.
7. Obsolete. a mattress.

verb (used with object)

1. to stitch together (two pieces of cloth and a soft interlining), usually in an ornamental pattern.
2. to sew up between pieces of material.
3. to pad or line with material.

verb (used without object)

1. to make quilts or quilted work.

Origin of quilting

First recorded in 1605-15; quilt + -ing¹

Examples for quilting

I am sure Mother will want my help with her quilting this afternoon.

Embroidery may be added to the quilting, and this is often an improvement.

The interlining, if the quilting is to be close and elaborate, must be thin.

(b) quilting, banding, practice for curves and square corners.

Their armor was imperfect, and more often of quilting than of mail.

Skill and speed in quilting can be acquired only through much practice.

Cox has been quilting for 20 years and her latest book is The Quilter's Catalog: A Comprehensive Resource Guide.

His wife reportedly told members of her quilting club that she, too, was carrying a pistol.

It was drunk at every spinning-bee, quilting, or other gathering of women.

Among the few home occupations that have survived is quilting.