upholster

English

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /əˈpɒl.stə(ɹ)/, /əˈpɐl.stə(ɹ)/

Etymology 1

Back-formation from upholsterer (“tradesman who finishes furniture”),^[1] from Middle English upholdester, from Middle English upholder (“dealer in small goods”), from upholden (“to repair, uphold”); equivalent to uphold +‎ -ster.

Verb

upholster (third-person singular simple present upholsters, present participle upholstering, simple past and past participle upholstered)

(transitive) To fit padding, stuffing, springs, webbing and fabric covering to (furniture).

Derived terms

Translations

fit padding etc. to furniture

Arabic: مُنَجِّد (munajjid)
Bulgarian: тапицирам (tapiciram)
Catalan: entapissar (ca)
Dutch: polsteren, bekleden (nl)
Esperanto: remburi
Faroese: polstra, bólstra
Finnish: verhoilla (fi)
German: polstern (de)
Greek: επιπλοστρώνω (epiplostróno)
Hungarian: kárpitoz (hu)
Irish: cumhdaigh
Italian: tappezzare (it)
Macedonian: тапаци́ра (tapacíra)
Maori: whakapurupuru, whakapuru
Romanian: capitona (ro), tapisa (ro)
Russian: обива́ть (ru) impf (obivátʹ), оби́ть (ru) pf (obítʹ)
Spanish: tapizar (es)

Etymology 2

From Middle English upholdester, upholster; equivalent to uphold +‎ -ster.^[2]

Alternative forms

upholdster

Noun

upholster (plural upholsters)

(archaic) An upholder, a dealer in secondhand furniture and clothes; an upholsterer; a tradesman who finishes furniture.

Derived terms

References

^ James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Upho·lster, v.”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume X, Part 1 (Ti–U), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 426, column 2: “Back-formation from Upholsterer or Upholstery.”
^ James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “† Upho·lster, sb.”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume X, Part 1 (Ti–U), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 426, column 2: “f. Uphold v. + -ster.”

Anagrams

throuples

[1] James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Upho·lster, v.”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume X, Part 1 (Ti–U), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 426, column 2: “Back-formation from Upholsterer or Upholstery.”

[2] James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “† Upho·lster, sb.”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume X, Part 1 (Ti–U), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 426, column 2: “f. Uphold v. + -ster.”

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