UPHOLSTERER  , in See also:

• MODERN

modern usage, a tradesman who supplies coverings, cushions, See also:

• PADDING

padding and stuffing for chairs, sofas or beds, or who See also:

• REPAIRS (from Lat. reparare, to make ready again)

repairs the same, and more generally one who also provides carpets, curtains and See also:

• HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household See also:

• FURNITURE (from " furnish," Fr. fournir)

furniture . The word first appears as " upholder, " then as " upholdster " or " up-See also:

• HOLSTER

holster, " and finally with repetition of -er, as in " poulterer," " upholsterer . " The first meaning seems to have been a See also:

• BROKER (according to the New English Dictionary, from Lat. brocca, spit, spike, broccare, to broach "—another Eng. form of the same word; hence O. Fr. vendre d broche, to retail, e.g. wine, from the tap, and thus the general sense of dealing; see also for

broker or dealer in small wares . Probably the name was given to a broker who sold such goods by See also:

• AUCTION

auction, holding them up to public view as is the manner of auction-rooms .