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).