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quilt

6 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) quilt (noun)
  2. 2) quilt (verb)
  3. album quilt (noun)
  4. crazy quilt (noun)
  5. crazy-quilt (adjective)
  6. patchwork quilt (noun)

1quilt

noun \ˈkwilt\

Definition of QUILT

1
a : a bed coverlet of two layers of cloth filled with padding (as down or batting) held in place by ties or stitched designs b : patchwork quilt 1
2
: something that is quilted or resembles a quilt <a quilt of houses and parks>
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Origin of QUILT

Middle English quilte mattress, quilt, from Anglo-French coilte, from Latin culcita mattress
First Known Use: 14th century

Other Handicraft Terms

biscuit, darn, tambour, wrought

Rhymes with QUILT

built, gilt, guilt, hilt, jilt, kilt, lilt, milt, silt, stilt, tilt, wilt

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