quilte

Middle English

Alternative forms

• cowlte, quilt, quylt, quylte, qwhylt, qwylt, whelt, whilt

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman quilte and continental Old French coilte, from Latin culcita. For the variant cowlte, compare Middle French coulte, coute.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwilt(ə)/

Noun

quilte (plural quiltes)

1. A quilt (also when used as a mattress)
2. (rare) A quilted undercoat.

Descendants

• English: quilt
• Scots: twilt, twult

References

• “quilt(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.