Quilt
/kwɪlt/noun
A bed covering made of two layers of fabric stitched together with padding in between.
Did you know?The word comes from Latin *culcita* meaning a stuffed cushion or mattress, and its history shows how a word for softness traveled through French into English as a term for sewn layers and padding.
Etymological Timeline
Latin (classical)
Latin
culcita
“a stuffed sack, cushion, mattress”
Old French
Old French
cuilte
“a quilt, padded coverlet”
Middle English
English
quilte
“a quilted coverlet or padded garment”
Modern English
English
quilt
“a bed covering made of stitched layers of fabric”
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