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upˈholstery
[f. upholster n.]
Upholsterer's work or materials; spec. the fabrics and materials used in the covering and stuffing of furniture; the collective use of these in a room or house.
1649J. Taylor (Water P.) Western Voy. 13 In the Mount I saw a craggy rugged seat, of Rocky Upholstery, which the old fabulous rumour calls St. Michaels Chair. 1653Ordin. Contin. Excise 17 Mar. 111 Linnens fine and course, Upholstery, Haberdashery [etc.]. 1756W. Owen Bk. Fairs (1788) 62 Hacheston, Suffolk, Nov. 12., for boots, shoes, upholstery, and joiners. 1859Thackeray Virgin. iv, Mantel⁓pieces, carved cornice-work,..carpets and costly upholstery. 1882M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal I. vi. 147 The bedrooms had been improved by modern upholstery.
transf.1850Ld. Osborne Gleanings W. Irel. 86 There were drills, and carts, and other farm upholstery.
fig.1862Carlyle Fredk. Gt. xiv. viii. III. 737 Fantastic Bielfeld..becomes positively wearisome, chanting the upholsteries of Life.
b. attrib. and Comb.
1803Sheraton Cabinet Dict. (title-p.), The Terms used in the Cabinet, Chair and Upholstery Branches. 1844M. F. Ossoli Wom. in 19th C. (1862) 99 She..is, in short, always spoken and thought of upholstery-wise. 1858Hawthorne Fr. & It. Note-bks. II. 123 Their whole charm is..in no degree of the upholstery kind. 1866Lond. Rev. 15 Sept. 287/2 Those upholstery authors..whose books have the run at Mudie's.
Hence upˈholsterydom. rare—1.
1860Sala in Cornh. Mag. I. 572 He went on painting, in spite of all the Morrises in upholsterydom. |