bedquilt

American  

[bed-kwilt] / ˈbɛdˌkwɪlt /

noun

1. a quilted coverlet.

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Etymology

Origin of bedquilt

First recorded in 1755–65; bed + quilt

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Example Sentences

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bedquilt

Then, in formation so close that one might have covered the whole pack with a bedquilt, they came on again.

From The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life by Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts

Here come a figger, heavily veiled an' wearin' a shapeless sort of a dress affair made out of a bedquilt an' draggin' behind on the ground.

From Happy Hawkins by Robert Alexander Wason

I wish you would go to Mrs. Wibblewobble’s house and tell the nice duck lady I can’t come over to-day to help her sew carpet rags, and piece-out the bedquilt.

From Bully and Bawly No-Tail by Louis Wisa

It was quite different from the warm jungle where he could sleep out of doors with only his own fur for a bedquilt.

From Mappo, the Merry Monkey by Richard Barnum

The room was half darkened, and only a little sharp nose showed over the top of the bedquilt.

From Sunshine Jane by Anne Warner

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