verb
upholster
Upholster (verb) means to cover furniture with soft padding and fabric.
verb
1
To cover furniture with soft padding and fabric.
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Etymology
A back-formation from upholsterer (“tradesman who finishes furniture”), which comes from Middle English upholdester, a variant of Middle English upholder (“dealer in small goods”), from upholden (“to repair, uphold”); equivalent to uphold + -ster. Its sense development and form may also have been shaped by conflation with the unrelated word bolster.
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What is the meaning of upholster?
"upholster" (verb) means to cover furniture with soft padding and fabric.
