quilt
/ˈkwɪlt/ noun B2- A bed covering consisting of two layers of fabric stitched together, with insulation between, often having a decorative design. · My grandmother is going to sew a quilt.
- A roll of material with sound-absorbing properties, used in soundproofing.
- A quilted skirt worn by women.
- Something composed of a variety of stitched-together parts; a patchwork.
Plural quilts
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Rachel found abundant time to sit for hours at her kitchen window, knitting “cotton warp” quilts--she had knitted sixteen of them, as Avonlea housekeepers were wont to tell in awed voices--and keeping a sharp eye on the main road that crossed the hollow and wound up the steep red hill beyond.
Lynde knitting quilts as industriously and cheerfully as usual.
She wrote that the sprawling Manitoba landscape looked like a magnificent, meticulously stitched patchwork quilt from a thousand feet above.
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