quilt

n. 被子；棉被

vt. 东拼西凑地编；加软衬料后缝制

vi. 缝被子

中文词源

quilt 被子

来自拉丁语culcita,垫子，床垫，词源同cushion.原指软衬里垫子，后用于指被子。

quilt: quilt: [13] The ultimate source of quilt is Latin culcita ‘mattress’, which passed into English via Old French cuilte. Its function gradually evolved from that of a mattress for lying on to that of a coverlet for lying under. A long-standing characteristic of such quilts is that their stuffing is held in place by cross-stitching. This does not emerge as a distinct meaning of the verb quilt (‘sew padded cloth in a crisscross pattern’) until the mid-16th century, but it is reflected in the medieval Latin term culcita puncta ‘pricked mattress’ – that is, a mattress that has been stitched.

This passed into English via Old French as counterpoint, which was subsequently altered, by association with pane ‘panel’, to counterpane [17].
=> counterpane
quilt (n.): c. 1300, "mattress with soft lining," from Anglo-French quilte, Old French cuilte, coute "quilt, mattress" (12c.), from Latin culcita "mattress, bolster," of unknown origin. Sense of "thick outer bed covering" is first recorded 1590s.
quilt (v.): 1550s, from quilt (n.). Related: Quilted; quilting. Quilting bee attested from 1824 (see bee).

1. The quilt has pretty, scalloped edges and intricate quilting.: 这条被子有漂亮的荷叶饰边，而且绗缝活做得也很精致。