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Definition of Coverlet
1. Noun. A decorative bedspread (usually quilted).
Derivative terms: Cover
Definition of Coverlet
1. n. The uppermost cover of a bed or of any piece of furniture.
Definition of Coverlet
1. Noun. A blanket used as a bed covering, usually quilted. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Coverlet
1. a bed covering [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coverlet
Literary usage of Coverlet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Trukese-English Dictionary =: Pwpwuken Tettenin Fóós, Chuuk-Ingenes by Ward Hunt Goodenough, Hiroshi Sugita (1990)
"coverlet, cover, sheet. nuku-i (ni.): exterior, outside, outside surface, exterior
surface, ... use a blanket or coverlet, cover oneself with a coverlet. ..."
2. The Antiquity of Proverbs: Fifty Familiar Proverbs and Folk Sayings with by Dwight Edwards Marvin (1922)
"Providing himself with a quilted cotton coverlet that was too short for his bed
he feigned illness and sent for each of his sons in turn to come and nurse ..."
3. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Spanish or Portuguese, loth century. (Victoria and Albert Museum.) Fig. i.—Portion
of a coverlet composed of squares ..."
4. John L. Stoddard's Lectures: Supplementary Volume[s]. by John Lawson Stoddard (1902)
"... swept by the wind at railway speed in ice boats over a blue lake that hibernates
beneath its crystal coverlet; or whirled by spirited horses in ..."
5. A New Discovery of a Vast Country in America by Louis Hennepin, Victor Hugo Paltsits (1903)
"... Author caft my coverlet over a dead Man. The Savages are pleas'd at it.
THE 28th of July, 1680, ..."
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