Definition of Quilting

Babylon English Dictionary
padding, soft material used as stuffing; act of sewing in a quilted design; act of making blankets from layers of fabric and soft padding
sew in a quilted pattern; make a blanket from layers of fabric and soft padding; fill with soft padding
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Quilt
  
(n.)
The material used for making quilts.
  
(n.)
The act of stitching or running in patterns, as in making a quilt.
  
(n.)
A quilting bee. See Bee, 2.
  
(n.)
A coating of strands of rope for a water vessel.
  
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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.
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


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 quilting bee 
JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary
Arwniad = n. a quilting
WordNet 2.0

Noun
1. stitching through layers of fabric and a filling so as to create a design
(hypernym) stitch
(derivation) quilt
2. a material used for making a quilt, or a quilted fabric
(hypernym) fabric, cloth, material, textile

Noun
1. bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
(synonym) comforter, puff
(hypernym) bedclothes, bed clothing, bedding
(hyponym) eiderdown, duvet, continental quilt

Verb
1. stitch or sew together; "quilt the skirt"
(hypernym) join, conjoin
(entail) sew, run up, sew together, stitch
(derivation) comforter, puff
2. create by stitching together
(hypernym) sew, tailor, tailor-make
(entail) pad, bolster
(derivation) comforter, puff
Quilting Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia
Quilting is a sewing method done to join two or more layers of material together to make a thicker padded material. A quilter is the name given to someone who works at quilting. Quilting can be done by hand, by sewing machine, or by a specialist longarm quilting system.

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