upholster Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb provide furniture with padding, springs, webbing, and covers

WordNet

Up*hol"ster transitive verb
Etymology
See Upholsterer.
Definitions
  1. To furnish (rooms, carriages, bedsteads, chairs, etc.) with hangings, coverings, cushions, etc.; to adorn with furnishings in cloth, velvet, silk, etc.; as, to upholster a couch; to upholster a room with curtains.
Up*hol"ster noun
Definitions
  1. A broker. Obs. Caxton.
  2. An upholsterer. Obs. Strype.

Webster 1913