vt. 为(沙发等)装上垫, 装饰, 装璜

[ verb ]
provide furniture with padding, springs, webbing, and covers
<verb.possession>

Upholster \Up*hol"ster\, v. t. [See {Upholsterer}.]
To furnish (rooms, carriages, bedsteads, chairs, etc.) with
hangings, coverings, cushions, etc.; to adorn with
furnishings in cloth, velvet, silk, etc.; as, to upholster a
couch; to upholster a room with curtains.


Upholster \Up*hol"ster\, n.
1. A broker. [Obs.] --Caxton.

2. An upholsterer. [Obs.] --Strype.

Upholsterer \Up*hol"ster*er\, n. [A substitution for older
upholder, in OE., broker, tradesman, and formerly also
written {upholster}, {upholdster}. See {Upholder}, and
{-ster}.]
One who provides hangings, coverings, cushions, curtains, and
the like; one who upholsters.

{Upholsterer bee}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Poppy bee}, under {Poppy}.