quilt1
n.
a warm bed covering made of padding enclosed between layers of fabric and kept in place by lines of decorative stitching.
▸a bedspread of similar design.
v.
[
often as adj. quilted]
join (layers of fabric or padding) with stitching to form a bed covering, a warm garment, or for decorative effect.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: from OFr. cuilte, from L. culcita ‘mattress, cushion’.
quilt2
v.
Austral. informal, dated punch (someone).
Etymology
C19: perh. a transferred use of the verb quilt1 (with the assoc. of quilting for protection).