Meaning

1 senses
  1. A blanket used as a bed covering, usually quilted.

    Near-synonyms: bedspread, bedcover, counterpane, quilt

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More definitions
  • a decorative bedspread (usually quilted)

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Stretch your legs according to your coverlet.

  2. There, flocking in, the Trojans and their King / recline on purple coverlets outspread.

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Translations

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Origin

From Middle English coverlite, from Anglo-Norman cuver-lit, formed on cuvrir (“to cover”)

From Middle English coverlite, from Anglo-Norman cuver-lit, formed on cuvrir (“to cover”) + lit (“bed”). Cognate with Catalan cobrellit.

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Forms

plural: coverlets
Singularcoverlet
Pluralcoverlets

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms

Word family

1 related words
Relatedcover

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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