reupholsterv.
/ˌriːʌpˈhəʊlstə/, U.S. /ˌriˌəpˈ(h)oʊlstər/ transitive. To fit new upholstery to (a piece of furniture, etc.) or in (a place); to upholster for a second or further time. Also intransitive.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > furnish (a house or room) [verb (transitive)] > upholster again
reupholster1856
1856 Chicago City Directory Suppl. May (advt.) Furniture re-upholstered and repaired.
1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 21 Dec. 3/1 We shall stay here, and shall redecorate and reupholster the house.
1918 Burlington Mag. Nov. 169/2 Mr. Griffiths has very properly given back to it its ancient appearance by reupholstering over the rail with old needlework.
1935 Amer. Speech 10 154/2 Entire [car] bodies rebuilt, reupholstered.
1943 F. Thompson Candleford Green vii. 116 The easy chair had been carried away to be re-upholstered.
1976 R. Rendell Demon in my View ii. 22 The sofa and the two armchairs had been re-upholstered.
2003 Chatelaine (Canada) May 184 (caption) Dawn Boloten reupholstered the heart-shaped antique parlour chair in ballet pink and soft sage green.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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