upholster

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: up=hol=ster

CIDE DICTIONARY

upholster, v. t. [See Upholsterer.].

 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.  [1913 Webster]

upholster, n. 

•  A broker.  Caxton.  [1913 Webster]
•  An upholsterer.  Strype.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

upholster, v.tr.
1 provide (furniture) with upholstery.
2 furnish (a room etc.) with furniture, carpets, etc.

Idiom

well-upholstered joc. (of a person) fat.

Etymology

back-form. f. UPHOLSTERER