trapunto

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See also: trapuntò

English

Etymology

From Italian trapunto.

Noun

trapunto (countable and uncountable, plural trapuntos)

  1. (sewing) A type of quilting producing a raised surface.
    • 2007 January 18, Eric Wilson, “Making Money in Multiples”, in New York Times‎:
      […] the Proenza Schouler line could be described as representing the best of their past hits: a palm print skirt for $24.99, a hooded cotton anorak for $39.99, a silk camisole with trapunto topstitching for $49.99.

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Italian

Etymology 1

Participle

trapunto (feminine trapunta, masculine plural trapunti, feminine plural trapunte)

  1. past participle of trapungere

Etymology 2

Verb

trapunto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of trapuntare
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