Definition of "upholstering" []

• The padding, springs, webbing, and covers found on furniture (noun)
• The application of upholstery to furniture. (noun)
• Present participle of upholster. (verb)

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• "The tissues of the lungs are scalded and broken down, and it takes a man a long time to recover, if he ever does fully recover after having some of the "upholstering" of his lungs destroyed."
• ""The furniture was stained a light buff, and the upholstering was a delicate cretonne livened by exquisite tracings of wisteria."
• "I thought this was going to be the second half of the stitches chapter, but it turned out to be a fifty page dissertation on dismantling, building, and upholstering four or five types of furniture, with detailed descriptions of the threads, weaves, and woods involved."