upholster

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

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

Derived terms

• reupholster
• reupholsterer
• reupholstery
• unupholstered
• upholsterer
• upholsterer bee
• upholstering
• upholstery
• well-upholstered

 

Translations

fit padding etc. to furniture

• Catalan: entapissar (ca)
• Dutch: polsteren, bekleden (nl)
• Faroese: polstra, bólstra
• Finnish: verhoilla (fi)
• German: polstern (de)
• Greek: επιπλοστρώνω (epiplostróno)
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• Hungarian: kárpitoz (hu)
• 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)

Noun

upholster (plural upholsters)

1. (archaic) An upholsterer; a tradesman who finishes furniture.

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