Coverlet

  • 21coverlet — cov·er·let …

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  • 22coverlet — cov•er•let [[t]ˈkʌv ər lɪt[/t]] n. a bed quilt that does not cover the pillow; bedspread. Also, cov•er•lid [[t]ˈkʌv ər lɪd[/t]] • Etymology: 1250–1300; ME coverlite < AF cuver lit= OF covrir to cover +lit bed (< L lectus) …

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  • 23coverlet — /ˈkʌvələt / (say kuvuhluht) noun 1. the outer covering of a bed; a bedspread. 2. any covering or cover. Also, coverlid. {Middle English coverlite, from Anglo French covrelit, from Old French covre cover + lit bed} …

  • 24coverlet — n. a bedspread. Etymology: ME f. AF covrelet, lit f. OF covrir cover + lit bed …

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  • 25Woven coverlet — A woven coverlet or coverlid is a type of bed covering with a woven design in colored wool yarn on a background of natural linen or cotton. Coverlets were woven in almost every community in the United States from the colonial era until the late… …

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  • 26everyone stretches his legs according to the length of his coverlet — a 1300 WALTER OF HENLEY Husbandry (1890) 4 Wo that stretchet fortherre than his wytel [blanket] wyle reche, in the straue [straw] his fet he mot streche. 1550 W. HARRYS Market D5v Then must many a man..stretche out his legges accor dynge to the… …

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  • 27Stromatic — Stro*mat ic, a. [Gr. ? coverlet of a bed, pl. ? patchwork (for such a coverlet), also applied to several miscellaneous writings, fr. ? anything spread out for resting upon, a bed, fr. ? to spread out.] Miscellaneous; composed of different kinds.… …

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  • 29Double cloth — Dove and Rose jacquard woven silk and wool double cloth furnishing textile, designed by William Morris in 1879.[1] Double cloth or double weave (also doublecloth, double cloth) is a kind of woven …

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