1. n. & v.
--n.
1. a bed-covering made of padding enclosed between layers of cloth etc. and kept in place by cross lines of stitching.
2 a bedspread of similar design (patchwork quilt).
--v.tr.
1. cover or line with padded material.
2 make or join together (pieces of cloth with padding between) after the manner of a quilt.
3 sew up (a coin, letter, etc.) between two layers of a garment etc.
4 compile (a literary work) out of extracts or borrowed ideas.
Derivatives:
quilter n. quilting n.
Etymology: ME f. OF coilte, cuilte f. L culcita mattress, cushion 2. v.tr. Austral. sl. thrash; clout.
Etymology: perh. f. QUILT(1)