trapunto
[ truh-poo n-toh ]
/ trəˈpʊn toʊ /
noun, plural tra·pun·tos.
quilting having an embossed design produced by outlining the pattern with single stitches and then padding it with yarn or cotton.
Origin of trapunto
1920–25; < Italian: embroidery, noun use of the adj.: embroidered, literally, pricked through (past participle of
trapungere), equivalent to
tra- (< Latin
trā-, variant of
trāns-
trans-) +
-punto < Latin
pūnctus, equivalent to
pung- (stem of
pungere to prick) +
-tus past participle suffix; see
puncture
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British Dictionary definitions for trapunto
trapunto
/ (trəˈpʊntəʊ) /
noun plural -tos
a type of quilting that is only partly padded in a design
Word Origin for trapunto
Italian, from
trapungere to embroider, from
pungere to prick (from Latin)