English Explanatory Dictionary

upholster

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To fit padding, stuffing, springs, webbing and fabric covering to (furniture).
noun
  1. An upholder, a dealer in secondhand furniture and clothes; an upholsterer; a tradesman who finishes furniture.

Pronunciation

/əˈpɒl.stə(ɹ)/ /əˈpɐl.stə(ɹ)/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-upholster.wav

Word forms

upholster upholsters upholstering upholstered upholdster

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.

Derived words

re-upholster reupholster reupholsterer reupholstery unupholstered upholstered upholstering well-upholstered upholsterer upholstery
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