noun a quilting bee. ·see bee, 2.
2. quilting ·noun the material used for making quilts.
3. quilting ·noun a coating of strands of rope for a water vessel.
4. quilting ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of quilt.
5. quilting ·noun the act of stitching or running in patterns, as in making a quilt.