- quilt (n.)
- c. 1300, "mattress with soft lining," from Anglo-French quilte, Old French cuilte, coute "quilt, mattress" (12c.), from Latin culcita "mattress, bolster," of unknown origin. Sense of "thick outer bed covering" is first recorded 1590s.
- quilt (v.)
- 1550s, from quilt (n.). Related: Quilted; quilting. Quilting bee attested from 1824 (see bee).
