quilt

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  1. noun A coverlet or blanket made of two layers of fabric with a layer of cotton, wool, feathers, or down in between, all stitched firmly together, usually in a decorative crisscross design.
  2. noun A thick protective cover similar to or suggestive of a quilt.
  3. transitive verb To make into a quilt by stitching (layers of fabric) together.
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  • Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Picking the right colors and values of fabric to make a quilt is a skill that for most of us takes some time develop.
  • Suggested size for the quilt is a minimum of 36 inches by 48 inches, and masculine fabrics in bright patriotic colors.
  • The drawing for the quilt will be at 3 p.m. Jan. 25. —  The Facts: News
  • Near the top of her quilt was a green T-shirt from Camp Kanakuk, a camp Erika had attended. —  DesMoinesRegister.com - NEWS
  • Each block of the quilt is a story -- some literal, other figurative, but each representing one woman's struggle with breast cancer. —  Island Packet: Home
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  1. Middle English quilte, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin culcita, mattress.

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  1. from Middle English quilte, quylte, from Old French cuilte, also cotre, coutre, also coite, coitte, coistre, a tick, mattress. = Spanish Portuguese colcha = Italian coltre = Welsh cylched, a quilt, from Latin culcita, culcitra, a cushion, pillow, mattress, quilt: see cushion. Cf. counterpane. The Irish cuilte, a bed, bed-tick, is apparently from the English
  2. from quilt, adjective
  3. Origin obscure.
 

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