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Definition of Coverlets
1. coverlet [n] - See also: coverlet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coverlets
Literary usage of Coverlets
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Statutes at Large from the Magna Charta, to the End of the Eleventh by Great Britain (1763)
"... pound coverlets \ off w^ ~mà ... DX S. xs. vjs. X S. jl. x s. g, the yard - ix d.
voc. coverlets ..."
2. Reminiscences of a Nonagenarian by Sarah (Smith) Emery (1879)
"... which was covered by one ofthe check cd woolen coverlets then so much used.
A quantity of provisions was provided, cooked meats and poultry, pies, cake, ..."
3. The Book of the Church by Robert Southey (1824)
"Private men's halls were now hung with altar- cloths ; their tables and beds
covered with copes, instead of carpets and coverlets." " It was a sorry house ..."
4. The Practical Book of Early American Arts and Crafts by Harold Donaldson Eberlein, Abbot McClure (1916)
"The elaborate embroidered or brocaded hangings of the state bedsteads and the
costly coverlets belonging to them were the objects of great care and esteem, ..."
5. History of the Portrait Collection, Independence National Historical Park by Doris Devine Fanelli (2001)
"... the coverlets, the portraits—as either "art" or artful, it could do no less
than contribute to our rational entertainment.26 26. ..."
6. The Pleasures of Collecting by Gardner Callahan Teall (1920)
"CHAPTER X HAND-WOVEN coverlets THE collector who has been fortunate enough to
make a pilgrimage through the villages of New England, visiting the antique ..."
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