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Definition of upholster:

  • (verb) provide furniture with padding, springs, webbing, and covers

Sentence Examples:

How should rugs, mattresses, pillows, upholstered furniture, paper walls, and windows be cleaned?

It is used extensively in upholstering, and is quite profitable to those engaged in the enterprise.

The chairs in the room were beautifully upholstered, and pictures were hung about the walls.

Plain wooden furniture is better than upholstered furniture which collects and holds the dust.

He stooped through the doorway and sank heavily against the upholstered cushions beside her.

What technical information does a good salesman need to use in demonstrating concealed values in upholstered furniture?

We seated ourselves on a pile of rocks, upholstered with mosses, making an easy and luxurious couch.

Fabric-covered walls and upholstered furniture should be covered to protect them from the same dangers.

The furniture was upholstered in blue satin; the curtains and paper were of the same color.

As he turned to leave, the Prince noticed beside him a handsome armchair upholstered in royal blue.

Twelve large upholstered chairs of oak are arranged in three quadrants of a circle around the altar.

Matt, fearing the worst, swung his feet down from the upholstered seat and started forward.

Paul Gale sat in a hospitable armchair upholstered in a good imitation of green leather and nodded approval.

"We've got all the chairs you've done upholstered all they're going to be," said Ethel Brown.

The rugs were yellow, the furniture upholstered in yellow, and all of exactly the same shade.

This was really nothing more than the old settle with carved framework, and richly upholstered.

A hand extended about a foot encountered the back of an upholstered chair, which he identified by touch.

The furniture, strangely enough, was of white polished wood upholstered in crimson satin fringed with gold.

They sat side by side on the beautifully upholstered sofa, and looked the splendid couple they were.

They arrived in a big salon that looked melancholy enough and was partly upholstered in green velvet.

Chair backs became high and narrow, and were of the ladder type or caned, carved, or upholstered.

Government as a basis for all of its fine upholstered work, in chairs, couches, and steamer fittings.

An upholstered altar stands near the east end of the room, with copies of sacred writ in place.

There were heavy beams overhead, and the furniture was green willow, comfortably upholstered in dark red.

The shaft he at once interprets as the vagina by referring to the soft upholstering of the walls.

Instead, there was a smooth brown covering of cloth, such as is put under most upholstered chairs.

The chairs are of white wood upholstered in green leather, and the carpets are a deep rose in color.

Competition in speed led naturally to rivalry in the building, upholstering, and general appointments of the coaches.

This price, however, is for the car itself, upholstered and complete as to seats and side lamps.

The second class is much the same, with rather less upholstering; and the third without cushions.

It was at least four feet wide, upholstered in thick green velvet and piled high with sofa pillows.

This may or may not be upholstered, dependent on the character of the material of which it is made.

That, however, did not deter Bob from sitting down on one of the comfortable leather upholstered benches.

How often have women displayed their total ignorance of color harmony when buying upholstered furniture from you.

Settee (small Queen Anne cane-backed) upholstered in tapestry set up and down stage against and to L. of piano.

They sat on a fallen tree, thick upholstered with moss, and listened to the trickle of a brook.

She had already decided that she was not to be afraid of upholstering and silver and fine glass.

The cabin was upholstered and painted in clean white, and an electric globe emerged from the ceiling.

I am saving up my money to buy another armchair, and Annie has promised to upholster it for me.

These are upholstered chairs with tall backs and are used at the head and the foot of the table.

Then he lay back in the upholstered seat against the wall and looked into vacancy, his face a mask.

Then he leaned back in the heavily upholstered chair which the man servant had drawn up for him.

He upholstered in the big families for thirty years, and everybody knew his little place on Hudson Street.

Paint the inside of the car and the edges of the seat-arms tan color, to represent leather upholstering.

Its rich cream and gold binding giving a pretty contrast to the elegant upholstering of the said article.

He was not working to make one of the finely upholstered and beautifully painted vehicles that came from overseas.

One day, about six months ago, some handsome newly upholstered chairs were purchased, and duly placed in the parlor.

They had called on many men who dealt in old furniture, and some who made a specialty of upholstering.

The ends of the mirror rest in folds of the fan-shape upholstering on the inside of the chair arms.

The apartment was hung with pale green satin; the furniture was mostly Chippendale, upholstered in the same shade.

Every bit of furniture here is old Colonial and is upholstered in green to match the color of the hangings.

Lucile, who was much better, had left her berth and was sitting on one of the upholstered chairs.

Each bunk had upholstered springs and mattresses and was fitted with an electric light globe and a fan.

Put a piece of braid around the edge and tack it on with upholstering tacks and the stool is completed.

It is upholstered, like the chairs of the same style, in Turkey work, the colors in which are still bright.

Ready attention met them, and shortly they sat in a private office carpeted in velvet and upholstered in grandeur.

Feeling as if she were about to have a tooth pulled, she sank into a large upholstered rocking chair to wait.

Selecting one at random she curled herself comfortably in an upholstered chair, sitting with her back to the door.

It was neatly painted and upholstered, and the harnesses on the horses were elegant enough for a city turnout.

Bangs, who was leaning back against the upholstered seat as if he found the position decidedly comforting, smiled faintly.

I sat in a litter upholstered in blue silk, with curtained windows, which was carried by eight sturdy fellows.

The curtains were of silk, the chairs were upholstered, and the floor warmed by a carpet or rugs laid.

In a large, richly upholstered chair, by one of the windows, sat a very pretty girl of about twelve years.

It was carpeted and upholstered in dark crimson, and had a large, open wood fire burning in the ample chimney.

She put her hand up to her forehead and sank into one of those comfortable chairs upholstered in red leather.

At the west end is an upholstered prayer altar, on which are placed in readiness for use the Holy Scriptures.

In its simplest form it consists of two parts, one on top of the other and each containing upholstered springs.

She was lying sideways now, in the depths of a large armchair, her cheek cushioned on the upholstered wings.

It is entirely characteristic, and shows not only the interesting fashion in carving, but the large advance in upholstering.

The back and seat are upholstered with velvet or stamped leather fixed to the frame with large brass-headed nails.

Shaggy and his friends made themselves comfortable in the deeply upholstered seats in the front row of the theater.

There by the fireplace was the most luxurious easy chair he could purchase, upholstered in her favorite color, pale blue.

The luxurious apartment, of an elegant simplicity, was upholstered with materials as thick as walls, with a soft inviting surface.

Here I cast an involuntary glance about the room where the only sign of comfort was the newly upholstered lounge.

You must always manifest a most profound astonishment on noticing any piece of furniture freshly upholstered in her well-appointed apartment.

Fallen logs thickly upholstered with moss made delightful sofas especially designed for friends to sit upon and exchange confidences.

I sat down on the edge of a big upholstered chair and kept saying to myself: 'I'm going to see Daddy-Long-Legs!

To get the genuine article I bought it in framework and had it upholstered and finished at home, under my eye.

There are hundreds of sharp turns, and often the sides of his upholstered gliding box almost touch the wall.

She paid the driver, sank into the soft upholstering beside him, and the big six slid out into the street.

They are upholstered with dark blue cloth, the only interior ornaments being of worsted fringe matching the cloth in color.

The Roll A desirable addition to this table is an upholstered roll of quite solid material and about eight inches in diameter.

As Flash paused just behind the upholstered chair, he arose and extended his hand to the man who faced him.

The friends were shown into a tiny box, hung and carpeted in red, with four chairs upholstered in the same color.

The chairs were upholstered in brown leather, while upon the stained walls were several fine paintings of scenes in the Adirondacks.

"That's an easy job," said Scraps, sitting upon a big upholstered chair and making the springs bounce her up and down.

It had an upholstered seat and back, and the high arms were made more comfortable by a covering of the same material.

Marsh, with his back toward them, was just in the act of pulling a heavy, upholstered chair back into position.

I sank back into the upholstered chair, and for a moment after he had closed the door I did not move.

An occasional upholstered bench or high-backed chair stood between the frequent doors and gave a home-like touch to the long gallery.

It is furnished with twelve chairs of oak upholstered in leather, other chairs for recorders or clerks, desks, table, and altar.

The seat, upholstered in dark blue leather, was as comfortable as a bed, and Gerald was making the most of it.

She drew an upholstered armchair close to the girls and began at once to examine the letters that Marion handed to her.

The high-backed sofa, upholstered in red velvet, stood stiffly against the wall, awaiting the "guest of honor," who never arrived.

The very word makes one think of a warm room, well upholstered, well furnished, with soft carpets and comfortable armchairs.

On account of her delicate condition she insisted that she could only travel on the upholstered seats of the second class.

This was deep enough to stand up in, and provided comfortable upholstered cane seats for the pilot and four passengers or assistants.

That was why John Willie was clinging now to that enormous piece of knitting of iron and upholstered carriages and electric light.

She felt that she had been in a gigantic, upholstered refrigerator after she had been permitted to retire from that august presence.

Upon being questioned he immediately gives the interpretation of the pit as the vagina on account of the soft upholstering of its walls.