The Collaborative International Dictionary
Quilled suture
Quilled \Quilled\, a.
Furnished with quills; also, shaped like quills. ``A
sharp-quilled porcupine.''
--Shak.
Quilled suture (Surg.), a variety of stitch in which the threads after being passed deeply through the edges of a wound are secured about two quills or bodies of similar shape, in order to produce a suitable degree of pressure.