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单词 upholster
释义

upholstern.

Forms: Also Middle English upholdester, Middle English, 1600s–1700s upholdster, 1500s northern uphaldster.
Etymology: < uphold v. + -ster suffix.
Obsolete.
a. = upholder n. 1.
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society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in second-hand goods
upholder1333
upholster1411
broker1583
junkman1838
third-hand dealer1863
junker1889
junkie1902
society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > maker of furniture or furnishings > [noun] > upholsterer
coucher1415
upholsterer1613
upholster1666
upholder1761
bug hunter1788
α.
1411 Close Roll 12 Hen. IV (dorso) Johannes Dryuer, upholdester.
c1479 Inventory of Plate in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 602 iij girdels Staunton j girdel upholdester.
1480 Table Prouffytable Lernynge (Caxton) (1964) 2 Of tayllours and vpholdsters.
15.. in M. Sellers York Memorandum Bk. (1912) I. 64 Every uphaldster that sellis eny furrez within this citie.
1647 W. Lilly Christian Astrol. xii. 74 Upholdsters, Limners, Glovers.
1660 S. Pepys Diary 9 Oct. (1970) I. 262 I find..part of our chambers hung today by the Upholster.
1722 E. Ward Parish Gutt'lers 37 Once on a time he turn'd Upholdster, And slily dealt in Bed and Bolster.
β. 1483–5 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 123 Richard Crick, vpholster, for o quarter.a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. cxxvi. f. cxliiii/2 Whan the Chaunger..knewe his gowne that heng at the Vpholsters dore, and all redy was there to selle, he was sore wrothe.?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. B.vj Harpe makers, leches, and vpholsters.1573 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Queen Elizabeth (1908) 209 Upholster for pendentes of burnished golde for the Maskers garmentes.1614 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. i. 43 As for a resting chyre.., I did enquyre at an upholster the pryce of itt.1666 S. Pepys Diary 22 Aug. (1972) VII. 257 My Closet is doing by Upholsters, which I am pleased with.1677 W. Wycherley Plain-dealer iii. 45 Your Bookseller is properly your Upholster; for he furnishes your Room, rather than your Head.1725 Brice's Weekly Jrnl. 27 Aug. 4 Any Person, having Occasion to imploy an Upholster, may be faithfully serv'd by Ann Hutchins.1764 H. Walpole Let. to D. Dalrymple 31 Jan. Our booksellers..are little more or less than upholsters.figurative.1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 151 I..looue not to be an Vpholster of stuffed, and bombasted malice in other.1614 J. Cooke Greenes Tu Quoque H 1 b When thou art growne to bee An old Vpholster vnto Venerie.1660 W. Secker Nonsuch Professor 156 As for flatterers they may be stiled the Devils Upholsters.
b. Used spec. with reference to the making and selling of beds and bedding. Obsolete.
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society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > sellers of other specific things
soaper?c1225
oilman1275
smear-monger1297
upholder1333
basket-seller?1518
broom-seller?1518
upholster1554
rod-woman1602
starchwoman1604
pin manc1680
colour seller1685
potato-woman1697
printseller1700
rag-seller1700
Greenwich barber1785
sandboy1821
iceman1834
umbrella man1851
fly-boy1861
snuff-boxera1871
pedlar1872
snake-boy1873
bric-a-brac man1876
tinwoman1884
resurrectionist1888
butch1891
paanwallah1955
1554 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 218 George Bedder..to occupy the bedders craft,..to sell upholsters wares wythyn the lybertyes of thys Cytye.
1576 G. Gascoigne Steele Glas sig. H.iiii When vpholsters, sel fethers without dust.
1622 N. Breton Fantasticks in Wks. (1879) II. 10/1 The Poulters feathers make toward the Upholster.
1647 J. Trapp Comm. Epist. & Rev. (1 John iii. 7) These are the devils..upholsters that sow such pillows.
c1689 in J. Y. Akerman Moneys Secret Services Charles II & James II (1851) 186 To John Poictvin, upholster,..for making two bedds and furniture for the Queen.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

upholsterv.

Brit. /ʌpˈhəʊlstə/, U.S. /ˌəpˈ(h)oʊlstər/
Etymology: Back-formation < upholsterer n. or upholstery n. Compare upholstered adj.
Originally U.S.
1. intransitive. To do upholstery work.
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society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > making of other specific articles or materials > make other specific articles or materials [verb (intransitive)] > make furniture
upholster1861
1861 H. B. Stowe Pearl of Orr's Island 21 Miss Roxy and Miss Ruey..could upholster and quilt.
2. transitive.
a. Of materials: To cover after the manner of upholstery.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > cover [verb (transitive)] > form or act as covering for > like upholstery
upholster1864
1864 J. R. Lowell Fireside Trav. 45 The dull weed upholstered the decaying wharves.
1873 J. E. Taylor Half-hours in Green Lanes x. 292 Several species have already upholstered the rough bark with..delicate shades of velvety green.
b. To furnish or trim with, or as with, upholstery. Also figurative: in quot. 1873, to provide with (fine or smart) clothes, to dress; cf. upholstered adj. b.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being internal > make internal or interior [verb (transitive)] > line > pad or stuff
stopc1400
stuffc1450
bolster1530
suffulce1599
pad1741
wad1759
upholster1873
society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > making of other specific articles or materials > make other specific articles or materials [verb (transitive)] > processes in making furniture
upholster1873
cane1885
rush1885
seat1886
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > in specific way > with specific garments > other
wimple?c1225
pricka1275
clothe1382
addressa1393
haspc1400
to-cloutc1430
shirtc1450
gownc1485
tuft1535
passement1539
kerchief1600
muff1607
inshirt1611
insmock1611
mode1656
costume1802
slop1803
shawl1812
cravat1818
sur-invest1827
frock1828
pinafore1843
smock1847
panoply1851
underclothe1857
upholster1873
fancy dress1878
sleeve1887
to suit up1912
crinoline1915
1873 ‘M. Twain’ & C. D. Warner Gilded Age xxxiii. 300 It had cost something to upholster those women.
1877 ‘M. Twain’ Mississippi Pilot 24 The bar keeper had been barbered and upholstered at incredible cost.
1890 C. Dixon Ann. Bird Life 85 All [ducks] upholster their nests in the same singular manner.
1891 Lancet 24 Jan. 218/1 The whole thorax hollow is now laid bare and upholstered with the skin-muscle flap.
1926 C. Sidgwick Sack & Sugar xi. 126 Mrs. Watkins was upholstered in purple velvet.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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