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▪ I. quilting, vbl. n.1|ˈkwɪltɪŋ|
[f. quilt v.1]
1. The action of padding, sewing together, etc.
1611Florio, Abborracciaménto, a stuffing, or quilting. 1776Falconer Dict. Marine, Quilting,..the operation of weaving a sort of coat, or texture, formed of the strands of rope, about the outside of any vessel, to contain water.
2. a. Quilted material; quilted work. b. Material for making a quilt. c. A kind of cloth with a diagonal pattern suggestive of the appearance of an ordinary quilt.
c1710C. Fiennes Diary (1888) 236 The next room has such a bed but that is fine Indian quilting. 1718Lady M. W. Montagu Lett. to C'tess Mar 10 Mar., Fine Indian quilting, embroidered with gold. a1850Rossetti Dante & Circ. i. (1874) 244 Quilting from Cortona warm and tough. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Quilting, a kind of coating formed of sinnet, strands of rope, &c., outside any vessel containing water.
3. dial. and N. Amer. A quilting-party.
1768in Essex Inst. Hist. Coll. (1879) XVI. 260 Quilting at my house. 1770J. Parker Diary 22 Feb. in New-England Hist. & Geneal. Reg. (1915) LXIX. 10 Naby went to Mr Wildes to Quilting. 1819Anderson Cumbld. Ball. 108 Now, lasses: aw thrang at our quiltin. 1825J. Neal Bro. Jonathan I. 58 She returned however to the quilting and Peters..to the study of Mr. Harwood. 1890Hosmer Anglo-Sax. Freed. 279 Zekle squired Huldy..to the singing-school or apple-paring, to quilting or sugaring off. 1913Atlantic Monthly Dec. 826/2 Zobbie often met Pauline at the quiltings and other gatherings at the homes of non-partisans. 1939L. M. Montgomery Anne of Ingleside xxxii. 228 The Ladies' Aid is going to have their quilting at Ingleside. 1975Budget (Sugarcreek, Ohio) 20 Mar. 15/6 Mrs. Eli Y. Byler had 2 quiltings last week and will have another one this week.
4. attrib. as quilting-needle, quilting-seam; quilting-bee, -feast, -frolic, -party, (chiefly N. Amer.) a gathering of women held for the purpose of making a quilt, and serving as an occasion for enjoyment; quilting-cotton, raw cotton prepared for stuffing quilts; quilting day N. Amer., a day devoted to a quilting-party; quilting frame, a frame on which a counterpane is stretched during the process of quilting; quilting match U.S. = quilting-party.
1832S. G. Goodrich System of Univ. Geogr. vii. 167 The females also have similar meetings called ‘quilting bees’, when many assemble to work for one, in padding or quilting bed coverings or comforters. a1859W. Irving Knickerb. vii. ii. (1900) 255 Now..were instituted ‘quilting bees’,..and other rural assemblages. 1921Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 5 Oct. 6/5 It was decided to hold a quilting bee at the home of Mrs. Scott. 1976‘D. Halliday’ Dolly & Nanny Bird x. 126 He looked..like a lush from a quilting bee.
1939L. M. Montgomery Anne of Ingleside xxxii. 230 The quilting day was more like June than October. 1968Quilting feast [see quilting-party below].
1739Pennsylvania Gaz. 15 Nov. 4/1 Just imported and to be sold by John Brientnall, in Chestnut-street Tenterhooks of several sizes, fit for Butchers, Skinners, Fullers, and for Quilting-Frames. 1854M. J. Holmes Tempest & Sunshine xx. 274 Said she, ‘Mighty good opinion Mr. Quilting-frames has of me (alluding to Mr. Miller's height); glad I know his mind.’ 1908L. M. Montgomery Anne of Green Gables xxi. 235 If Marilla..was actuated by any motive save her avowed one of returning the quilting-frames.
1825J. Neal Bro. Jonathan I. 54 She gives what is there called a quilting frolick.
1813M. L. Weems Drunkard's Looking Glass (ed. 2) 5 He does not trouble his head about asking the Fool where he has been, whether at a Funeral or a Wedding..or a Quilting-match. 1881A. B. Alcott New Connecticut 108 The Wolcott Dialect..Quilting match.
1833S. Smith Life & Writings J. Downing 139 A few others..wouldn't invite poor Mrs. No-tea to their husking and quilting parties. 1835Knickerbocker VI. 180 It so happened that there was a great quilting-party invited to Tecumseh-Place, which assembled all the principal young people of the county. 1879H. George Progr. & Pov. iv. ii. (1881) 214 Husking bees, and apple parings, and quilting parties. 1907St. Nicholas (N.Y.) 1044/2 She has gone, with her grandmother whom she was visiting, to a quilting-party. 1948Minneapolis Star 17 Sept. 31/1 Nobody sees Nellie home when the women of Halvarson Bowers post 187, VFW auxiliary, have a quilting party. 1968J. Arnold Shell Bk. Country Crafts xxix. 310 It was..possible for as many as six people..to be sewing at the same time. Such gatherings became known as quilting parties or feasts.
▪ II. quilting, vbl. n.2|ˈkwɪltɪŋ|
[f. quilt v.3]
A flogging.
1829P. Egan Boxiana 2nd Ser. II. 242 The quilting Bob had previously received, rendered him in a great measure incapable of taking advantage of his adversary's distress. 1836Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. xix. (1837) 191, I'll give you such a quiltin as you never had. 1885Sat. Rev. 20 June 809/2, I will give him such a quilting as will cause him bitterly to remember the consequences. |