Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. One that upholsters furniture.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who upholsters, or provides and puts in place curtains, carpets, textile coverings for furniture, and the like.
- n. An upholsterer-bee; a leaf-cutter.
Wiktionary
- n. A craftsman who upholsters furniture.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who provides hangings, coverings, cushions, curtains, and the like; one who upholsters.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a craftsman who upholsters furniture
Etymologies
- From obsolete upholster, from Middle English upholdester : upholden, to repair (up, up; see up + holden, to hold; see hold1) + -ster, -ster. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“This wild bee, called the upholsterer bee, from its habits, leads a solitary life, but she takes a vast deal of pains in behalf of her young.”
“The upholsterer's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Glances from ceiling to floor, from floor to ceiling; And, as imagination bodies forth The form of things unknown, th 'upholsterer's pencil Turns to shape and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a NAME.”
“I am looking for an upholsterer (for sofas) and a seamstress (for clothes alterations) in MOrelia.”
“I brought the table measurements, the fabric, a roll of striped grosgrain ribbon and a rough drawing to the nearest upholsterer.”
“Life was fine for many years – they had three children, and Neville made good money as an upholsterer and decorator.”
“Make sure that your upholsterer does not overstuff the seat cushions.”
“One upholsterer was born in Cuba, where Mr. Korsgaard believes he absorbed his countrymen's talent for keeping vintage U.S. vehicles on the road.”
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“For noncrafty types: Measure top and sides of box spring, sketch how you'd like the fabric to run and have an upholsterer make the cover.”
“John Milkovisch, a retired upholsterer for the Southern Pacific Railroad, created the house over a period of 18 years beginning in 1969.”
“The non-scientific mind has the most ridiculous ideas of the precision of laboratory work, and would be much surprised to learn that . . . the bulk of it does not exceed the precision of an upholsterer who comes to measure a window for a pair of curtains.”
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