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- Dictionaryquilt/kwɪlt/
noun
- 1. a warm bed covering made of padding enclosed between layers of fabric and kept in place by lines of stitching, typically applied in a decorative design.
verb
- 1. join together (layers of fabric or padding) with lines of stitching to form a warm bed covering or garment, or for decorative effect: "we quilted the covers with parallel lines of stitching"
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A quilt is a multi-layered textile, traditionally composed of two or more layers of fabric or fiber. Commonly three layers are used with a filler material. These layers traditionally include a woven cloth top, a layer of batting or wadding, and a woven back combined using the techniques of quilting.
The meaning of QUILT is a bed coverlet of two layers of cloth filled with padding (such as down or batting) held in place by ties or stitched designs. How to use quilt in a sentence.
Quilt definition: 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.. See examples of QUILT used in a sentence.
Quilting is the process of joining a minimum of three layers of fabric together either through stitching manually using a needle and thread, or mechanically with a sewing machine or specialised longarm quilting system. An array of stitches is passed through all layers of the fabric to create a three-dimensional padded surface.
quilt. (kwĭlt) n. 1. A coverlet or blanket made of two layers of fabric with a layer of cotton, wool, feathers, or down in between, all stitched firmly together, usually in a decorative design. 2. A thick protective cover similar to or suggestive of a quilt. v.quilt·ed, quilt·ing, quilts.
Definition of quilt noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
A quilt is a thick cover for a bed, made from pieces of fabric that are stitched together and filled with padding. Quilt is also a verb, so you can quilt a quilt. The simplest quilts have two layers of fabric that are sewn on either side of a layer of batting, a thin type of stuffing.
