# upholster

> English word · Verb · IPA /əˈpɒl.stə(ɹ)/

## Definitions
1. To fit padding, stuffing, springs, webbing and fabric covering to (furniture).

## Etymology
Back-formation from upholsterer (“tradesman who finishes furniture”), from Middle English upholdester, variant of Middle English upholder (“dealer in small goods”), from upholden (“to repair, uphold”); equivalent to uphold + -ster. Sense development as well as form may have been influenced by conflation with unrelated bolster.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/upholster