From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Upholster \Up*hol"ster\, 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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Upholster \Up*hol"ster\, n.
1. A broker. [Obs.] --Caxton.
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2. An upholsterer. [Obs.] --Strype.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Upholsterer \Up*hol"ster*er\, n. [A substitution for older
upholder, in OE., broker, tradesman, and formerly also
written {upholster}, {upholdster}. See {Upholder}, and
{-ster}.]
One who provides hangings, coverings, cushions, curtains, and
the like; one who upholsters.
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{Upholsterer bee}. (Zool.) See {Poppy bee}, under {Poppy}.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
upholster
v 1: provide furniture with padding, springs, webbing, and
covers
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