Definitions for quiltings

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quiltings quilt·ing

Spelling: [kwil-ting]

IPA: /ˈkwɪl tɪŋ/

Quiltings is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 215 anagrams from letters in quiltings (giilnqstu).

Definitions for quiltings

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 quiltings

First recorded in 1605-15; quilt + -ing¹

Examples for quiltings

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

Among the few home occupations that have survived is quilting.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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