upholster : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: upholster	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for upholster
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
upholster v provide furniture with padding, springs, webbing, and covers
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Upholster \Uphol"ster\, v. t. [See {Upholsterer}.] To furnish (rooms, carriages, bedsteads, chairs, etc.) with hangings, coverings, cushions, etc.; to adorn with furnishings in cloth, velvet, silk, etc.; as, to upholster* a couch; to upholster a room with curtains.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Upholster \Up*hol"ster\, n. 1. A broker. [Obs.] --Caxton. 2. An upholsterer. [Obs.] --Strype.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Upholsterer \Uphol"sterer\, n. [A substitution for older upholder, in OE., broker, tradesman, and formerly also written {upholster}, {upholdster}. See {Upholder}, and {-ster}.] One who provides hangings, coverings, cushions, curtains, and the like; one who upholsters. {Upholsterer bee}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Poppy bee}, under {Poppy}.