quilling

quilling [kwil-ing] ExamplesWord Origin noun

1. the flutes or ridges in quilled material.
2. quilled fabric, lace, ribbon, etc.
3. copping.

Origin of quilling First recorded in 1630–40; quill + -ing1 quill [kwil] noun

1. one of the large feathers of the wing or tail of a bird.
2. the hard, hollow, basal part of a feather.
3. a feather, as of a goose, formed into a pen for writing.
4. one of the hollow spines on a porcupine or hedgehog.
5. a plectrum of a harpsichord.
6. a roll of bark, as of cinnamon, formed in drying.
7. a reed or other hollow stem on which yarn is wound.
8. a bobbin or spool.
9. a toothpick.
10. Machinery.
    1. a hollow shaft or sleeve through which another independently rotating shaft may pass.
    2. a shaft, joined to and supported by two other shafts or machines, for transmitting motion from one to the other.
    3. a rotating toolholder used in boring or facing internal angles.
11. a musical pipe, especially one made from a hollow reed.

verb (used with object)

12. Textiles.
    1. to arrange (fabric) in flutes or cylindrical ridges, as along the edge of a garment, hem, etc.
    2. to wind on a quill, as yarn.
13. to penetrate with, or as if with, a quill or quills.
14. to extract a quill or quills from: to quill a duck before cooking it.

Origin of quill 1375–1425; late Middle English quil; compare Low German quiele, German Kiel Related formsquill-like, adjectiveCan be confusedquail quell quill Examples from the Web for quilling Historical Examples of quilling

Finish the muff at the edges by a cord or a quilling of ribbon.

The Ladies’ Knitting and Netting Book

Miss Watts

She was quilling it, and looked up with some astonishment as I walked up to her.

Crowded Out! and Other Sketches

Susie F. Harrison

New barège dresses are made with three flounces, scalloped, and trimmed at the edge with a quilling of ribbon.

The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851

Various

Pardessus of the same material, trimmed all round with a quilling of plain purple ribbon.

Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, No. VII, December 1850, Vol. II

Various

In quilling or setting on the lace, endeavour to conceal the darns under the pleats.

Miss Leslie’s Lady’s New Receipt-Book

Eliza Leslie

British Dictionary definitions for quilling quilling noun

1. decorative craftwork in which a material such as glass, fabric, or paper is formed into small bands or rolls that form the basis of a design

quill noun

1. 1. any of the large stiff feathers of the wing or tail of a bird
   2. the long hollow central part of a bird’s feather; calamus
2. a bird’s feather made into a pen for writing
3. any of the stiff hollow spines of a porcupine or hedgehog
4. a device, formerly usually made from a crow quill, for plucking a harpsichord string
5. angling a length of feather barb stripped of barbules and used for the body of some artificial flies
6. a small roll of bark, esp one of dried cinnamon
7. (in weaving) a bobbin or spindle
8. a fluted fold, as in a ruff
9. a hollow shaft that rotates upon an inner spindle or concentrically about an internal shaft

verb (tr)

10. to wind (thread, yarn, etc) onto a spool or bobbin
11. to make or press fluted folds in (a ruff)

Word Origin for quill C15 (in the sense: hollow reed or pipe): of uncertain origin; compare Middle Low German quiele quill Word Origin and History for quilling quill n.

c.1400, “piece of reed or hollow stem of a feather,” probably related to Middle High German kil “quill,” from Low German quiele, of unknown origin. Meaning “pen made from a (goose) quill” is from 1550s; that of “porcupine spine” is from c.1600.

quilling in Science quill [kwĭl]

1. The hollow shaft of a feather, the bottom of which attaches to the bird’s skin.
2. One of the sharp hollow spines of a porcupine or hedgehog.