D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Patchwork

/păch'-wẽrkˌ/ · Patch·work · IPA /pˈætʃwˌɜrk/
01 n. Work composed of pieces sewed together, esp. pieces of various colors and figures; hence, anything put together of incongruous or ill-adapt…
  1. 1.
    Work composed of pieces sewed together, esp. pieces of various colors and figures; hence, anything put together of incongruous or ill-adapted parts; something irregularly or clumsily composed; a thing patched up.