WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
tra•pun•to
(trə pŏŏn′tō),USA pronunciation n., pl. -tos.
- quilting having an embossed design produced by outlining the pattern with single stitches and then padding it with yarn or cotton.
- Latin pūnctus, equivalent. to pung- (stem of pungere to prick) + -tus past participle suffix; see puncture
- Latin trā-, variant of trāns- trans-) + -punto
- Italian: embroidery, noun, nominal use of the adjective, adjectival: embroidered, literally, pricked through (past participle of trapungere), equivalent. to tra- (
- 1920–25