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upholster

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16
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/əˈpɒl.stə(ɹ)/(UK)
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/əˈpɒl.stə(ɹ)/(UK) · /əˈpɐl.stə(ɹ)/(UK)

Definition of upholster

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

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

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

noun

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

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Etymology

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.

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