Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Quilt \Quilt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quilted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Quilting}.]
   1. To stitch or sew together at frequent intervals, in order
      to confine in place the several layers of cloth and
      wadding of which a garment, comforter, etc., may be made;
      as, to quilt a coat. --Dryden.

   2. To wad, as a garment, with warm soft material.

   3. To stitch or sew in lines or patterns.

Quilting \Quilt"ing\, n.
   1. The act of stitching or running in patterns, as in making
      a quilt.

   2. A quilting bee. See {Bee}, 2.

   3. The material used for making quilts.

   4. (Naut.) A coating of strands of rope for a water vessel.

Source : WordNet®

quilting
     n 1: stitching through layers of fabric and a filling so as to
          create a design
     2: a material used for making a quilt, or a quilted fabric