/treuh poon"toh/ , n. , pl. trapuntos .
quilting having an embossed design produced by outlining the pattern with single stitches and then padding it with yarn or cotton.
[ 1920-25; trapungere ), equiv. to tra- ( tra-, var. of trans- TRANS-) + -punto punctus, equiv. to pung- (s. of pungere to prick) + -tus ptp. suffix; see PUNCTURE ]