upholster.
To fit padding, stuffing, springs, webbing and fabric covering to (furniture).
Meaning & usage
To fit padding, stuffing, springs, webbing and fabric covering to (furniture).
Where this word comes from
Back-formation from upholsterer (“tradesman who finishes furniture”), from Middle English upholdester, variant of Middle English upholder (“dealer in small goods”), from upholden (“to repair, uphold”); equivalent to uphold + -ster. Sense development as well as form may have been influenced by conflation with unrelated bolster.
An upholder, a dealer in secondhand furniture and clothes; an upholsterer; a tradesman who finishes furniture.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English upholdester, upholster; equivalent to uphold + -ster.
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