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Definition of Coverlid
1. n. A coverlet.
Definition of Coverlid
1. Noun. coverlet ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Coverlid
1. a coverlet [n -S] - See also: coverlet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coverlid
Literary usage of Coverlid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The woman in white by Wilkie Collins (1871)
"I waited a moment, looking at her from behind her pillow, as she lay beneath me,
with one arm and hand resting on the white coverlid, so still, ..."
2. The Blind Man at the Window, and Other Poems by Stark Young (1906)
"ON SENDING A coverlid coverlid, go to her and thou shalt find Worthiest service.
Soothe her sleep and shield, Cover her sweet young body as a warm south ..."
3. Beauties of English landscape by Myles Birket Foster (1874)
"Oh, the grave is now its bed, And its coverlid is snow. Oh, our merry bird is
snared, sweet wife, That the rain of music gave, And the snow falls on our ..."
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