noun A work, such as a blanket, composed of many different colors and shapes, sewn together to make an interesting whole.
noun Any kind of creation that makes use of many different aspects to create one whole piece.
Bill took all of his poetry and put it together in a folder. It made up a patchwork of his life.
noun A state of regulations whose constituents have an opaque scope of application because of their questionable delimitation with regard to each other.
verb To create a patchwork from pieces of fabric.
verb To assemble from a variety of sources; to cobble together.