quilt

Part of speech: verb

To stitch through and through at intervals or in lines or figures.

Part of speech: noun

A bedcover made by stitching together two layers of cloth with padding between them.

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Usage examples "quilt":

  1. The bed is supplied with sheets, blankets, and a cover quilt, made up of patches of all colours of the rainbow. - "Oscar Wilde", Leonard Cresswell Ingleby.
  2. I gave ten and sixpence for that quilt. - "A College Girl", Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey.
  3. She wasn't crying but kept tossing on the bed, clutching with cold fingers at the quilt, at the pillows, at her husband's hands. - "The Darling and Other Stories", Anton Chekhov.