quiltmaker

English

Etymology

From Middle English quilte maker, quyltemaker, quyltemakere; equivalent to quilt +‎ maker.

Noun

quiltmaker (plural quiltmakers)

1. A maker of quilts.
   • 2007 January 23, Noam Cohen, “In Douglass Tribute, Slave Folklore and Fact Collide”, in New York Times‎:

     It was based on the recollections of Ozella McDaniel Williams, a teacher in Los Angeles who became a quiltmaker in Charleston, S.C. Ozella’s code,” the book says, was handed down from slave times from mother to daughter. C. Ms. Williams died in 1998.

Related terms

• quiltmaking