trapunto

trapunto [truh-poo n-toh] Word Origin noun, plural tra·pun·tos.

1. quilting having an embossed design produced by outlining the pattern with single stitches and then padding it with yarn or cotton.

Origin of trapunto 1920–25; Italian: embroidery, noun use of the adj.: embroidered, literally, pricked through (past participle of trapungere), equivalent to tra- (Latin trā-, variant of trāns- trans-) + -punto Latin pūnctus, equivalent to pung- (stem of pungere to prick) + -tus past participle suffix; see puncture British Dictionary definitions for trapunto trapunto noun plural -tos

1. a type of quilting that is only partly padded in a design

Word Origin for trapunto Italian, from trapungere to embroider, from pungere to prick (from Latin)