quilt

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
quilt1

▶noun a warm bed covering made of padding enclosed between layers of fabric and kept in place by lines of decorative stitching.

■ a bedspread of similar design.

▶verb (often as adj. quilted) join (layers of fabric or padding) with stitching to form a bed covering, a warm garment, or for decorative effect.

– derivatives
quilter noun,
quilting noun.

– origin ME: from OFr. cuilte, from L. culcita ‘mattress, cushion’.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
quilt2

▶verb Austral. informal, dated punch (someone).

– origin C19: perh. a transferred use of the verb quilt1 (with the assoc. of quilting for protection).