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Definitions for Tufting

[1] the act or process of making tufts.
[2] tufts collectively, especially as decoration.
[3] a bunch or cluster of small, usually soft and flexible parts, as feathers or hairs, attached or fixed closely together at the base and loose at the upper ends.
[4] a cluster of short, fluffy threads, used to decorate cloth, as for a bedspread, robe, bath mat, or window curtain.
[5] a cluster of cut threads, used as a decorative finish attached to the tying or holding threads of mattresses, quilts, upholstery, etc.
[6] a covered or finished button designed for similar use.
[7] a cluster of short-stalked flowers, leaves, etc., growing from a common point.
[8] a small clump of bushes, trees, etc.
[9] a gold tassel on the cap formerly worn at English universities by titled undergraduates.
[10] a titled undergraduateat an English university.
[11] to furnish or decorate with a tuft or tufts.
[12] to arrange in a tuft or tufts.
[13] Upholstery . to draw together (a cushion or the like) by passing a thread through at regular intervals, the depressions thus produced being usually ornamented with tufts or buttons.
[14] to form into or grow in a tuft or tufts.
[15] a bunch of feathers, grass, hair, etc, held together at the base
[16] a cluster of threads drawn tightly through upholstery, a mattress, a quilt, etc, to secure and strengthen the padding
[17] a small clump of trees or bushes
[18] (formerly) a gold tassel on the cap worn by titled undergraduates at English universities
[19] a person entitled to wear such a tassel
[20] (tr) to provide or decorate with a tuft or tufts
[21] to form or be formed into tufts
[22] to secure and strengthen (a mattress, quilt, etc) with tufts

Words nearby Tufting

tufted, tufted cell, tufted deer, tufted duck, tufted titmouse, tufting, tufty, tug, tug of war, tug-of-love, tug-of-war

Origin of Tufting

1350–1400; Middle English, variant of toft(e ) < Middle French tofe, toffe < ?; E parasitic t as in graft1

Other words from Tufting

tuft·er , noun

Word origin for Tufting

C14: perhaps from Old French tufe , of Germanic origin; compare top 1