Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Quilting"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Quilt \Quilt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quilted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Quilting}.]
1. To stitch or sew together at frequent intervals, in order
to confine in place the several layers of cloth and
wadding of which a garment, comforter, etc., may be made;
as, to quilt a coat. --Dryden.
2. To wad, as a garment, with warm soft material.
3. To stitch or sew in lines or patterns.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Quilting \Quilt"ing\, n.
1. The act of stitching or running in patterns, as in making
a quilt.
2. A quilting bee. See {Bee}, 2.
3. The material used for making quilts.
4. (Naut.) A coating of strands of rope for a water vessel.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
quilting
n 1: stitching through layers of fabric and a filling so as to
create a design
2: a material used for making a quilt, or a quilted fabric
Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents;
see the Webster Gateway FAQ,
and also the Back-end/database links and credits.