Southcote Lodge.
_Poulster_ (Vol. iv., p. 152.).--The meaning of this word is undoubtedly
as D. X. surmises. The original term was _upholder_, which is still in
occasional use; next _upholster_; and, thirdly, _upholsterer_. In
Stowe's _Survey of London_, it appears in the second form: and so also
_poulter_, which still exists as a surname. "Mr. Richard Deakes,
Uphoulster," was buried at St. Dunstan's in the West, London, in 1630.
(_Collectanea Topog. et Geneal._, v. 378.) It would be worth inquiry
_when_ the incorrect duplication of termination first produced our
modern words _upholsterer_ and _poulterer_? Mr. Pegge remarks, that
"Fruiter_er_ seems to be equally redundant;" and that "cater-_er_ is
written _cater_ in the margin of the _Life of Gusmand de Alfarache_,
folio edition, 1622, p. 125. (_Anecdotes of the English Language_, edit.
Christmas, 1844, p. 79.)"