overstuffing
English edit
Verb edit
overstuffing
- present participle and gerund of overstuff
Noun edit
overstuffing (uncountable)
- Material used in upholstering just under the top fabric.
- 1892, The Furniture Gazette[1], page 224:
- I have taken many an old sofa to pieces to find the understuffing was marsh hay, with a heavy over-stuffing of cotton, with no edge, but simply plain tufting.
- 1914, John Wesley Stephenson, Furniture Upholstering: A Practical Handbook for the Upholsterer[2]:
- To remedy this, additional stuffing is pushed up under the overstuffing so as to crowd it out and fill up all hollows.
- 1920, Furniture Manufacturer and Artisan[3], volume 19, page 49:
- Always use a layer of wadding or cotton overstuffing to make the work smooth.
References edit
- “overstuffing”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.