upholster

[ uhp-hohl-ster, uh-pohl- ]

/ ʌpˈhoʊl stər, əˈpoʊl- /

to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.

to furnish (an interior) with hangings, curtains, carpets, or the like.

Origin of upholster

1850–55, Americanism; back formation from upholsterer

re·up·hol·ster, verb (used with object) un·up·hol·stered, adjective

upheaval, upheave, upheld, uphill, uphold, upholster, upholsterer, upholstery, uphroe, upi, upington

Deprive my figure of all drapery, or upholster it like a window-frame.

Modern Society |Julia Ward Howe
How many departed monks were required to upholster these six parlors?

The Innocents Abroad |Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
In the afternoon with the upholster seeing him do things to my mind, and to my content he did fit my chamber and my wife's.

Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete |Samuel Pepys
To upholster a chair seat, a frame should first be made of the shape shown in Fig. 298, C.

Handwork in Wood |William Noyes

By no means an attractive piece of flesh and blood, and yet a good sample of the class that go to upholster a seraglio.

Romantic Spain |John Augustus O'Shea

upholster

/ (ʌpˈhəʊlstə) /

(tr) to fit (chairs, sofas, etc) with padding, springs, webbing, and covering