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.
Usage examples "quilt":
- 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.
- I gave ten and sixpence for that quilt. - "A College Girl", Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey.
- 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.