Quilled adj. Furnished with quills; also, shaped like quills. "A sharp-quilled porcupine."
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.
... dress of Mah-to-toh-pa, "the four bears," his buffalo robe, his porcupine-quilled leggings, his embroidered buckskin mocassins, his otter necklace, his buffalo horns, and his ... — History, Manners, and Customs of the North American Indians • George Mogridge
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