Meaning

noun bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together

verb stitch or sew together

verb create by stitching together

originInherited from Middle English quilte, quylte, from Anglo-Norman quilte and Old French coilte, cuilte (compare French couette), from Latin culcita. Doublet of quoit.

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