upholsteringn.
Upholstery. Also attributive.
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society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > making of other specific articles or materials > [noun] > making furniture
upholstering1807
upholstery1882
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > [noun]
apparelc1420
parela1450
reparation1464
reparelling1513
furniture1573
upholstery1649
plenishment1664
fittinga1817
furnishings1858
upholstering1896
1807 R. Southey Lett. from Eng. III. 272 The women of the family in which she then worked at the upholstering business.
1896 Daily News 15 Dec. 2/2 The velvet upholstering and pile carpets.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
upholsteringadj.
Serving to upholster.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > [adjective]
supellecticarious1656
supellectile1800
upholstering1828
upholsterous1887
1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham III. xvii. 274 All that especial neatness of upholstering paraphernalia.
1859 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock 210 The march of upholstering intellect is there in its entirety.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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n.1807adj.1828