upholster

English edit

Pronunciation edit

(UK) IPA^(key): /əˈpɒl.stə(ɹ)/, /əˈpɐl.stə(ɹ)/

Etymology 1 edit

Back-formation from upholsterer (“tradesman who finishes furniture”),^[1] from Middle English upholdester, from Middle English upholder (“dealer in small goods”), from upholden (“to repair, uphold”); equivalent to uphold +‎ -ster.

Verb edit

upholster (third-person singular simple present upholsters, present participle upholstering, simple past and past participle upholstered)

(transitive) To fit padding, stuffing, springs, webbing and fabric covering to (furniture).

Derived terms edit

Translations edit

fit padding etc. to furniture

Arabic: مُنَجِّد (munajjid)
Bulgarian: тапицирам (tapiciram)
Catalan: entapissar (ca)
Dutch: polsteren, bekleden (nl)
Faroese: polstra, bólstra
Finnish: verhoilla (fi)
German: polstern (de)
Greek: επιπλοστρώνω (epiplostróno)
Hungarian: kárpitoz (hu)
Irish: cumhdaigh
Italian: tappezzare (it)
Macedonian: тапаци́ра (tapacíra)
Maori: whakapurupuru, whakapuru
Romanian: capitona (ro), tapisa (ro)
Russian: обива́ть (ru) impf (obivátʹ), оби́ть (ru) pf (obítʹ)
Spanish: tapizar (es)

Etymology 2 edit

From Middle English upholdester, upholster; equivalent to uphold +‎ -ster.^[2]

Alternative forms edit

upholdster

Noun edit

upholster (plural upholsters)

(archaic) An upholder, a dealer in secondhand furniture and clothes; an upholsterer; a tradesman who finishes furniture.

Derived terms edit

References edit

^ James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “Upho·lster, v.”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volumes X, Part 1 (Ti–U), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 426, column 2: “Back-formation from Upholsterer or Upholstery.”
^ James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “† Upho·lster, sb.”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volumes X, Part 1 (Ti–U), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 426, column 2: “f. Uphold v. + -ster.”

Anagrams edit

throuples

[1] James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “Upho·lster, v.”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volumes X, Part 1 (Ti–U), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 426, column 2: “Back-formation from Upholsterer or Upholstery.”

[2] James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “† Upho·lster, sb.”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volumes X, Part 1 (Ti–U), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 426, column 2: “f. Uphold v. + -ster.”

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