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

Example Sentences

One woman near me had two pillow-cases full of things, which she sat on all night, and another had a bedquilt, which she spread out for her four children to lie on.

From Kristy's Rainy Day Picnic by Farnsworth, Ethel N.

I do believe, Wun Lungy, that if ever that there handsome young man should go and get married I’d set him up in my fifty-five thousand five hundred and fifty-five piece bedquilt.

From Jessica Trent: Her Life on a Ranch by Raymond, Evelyn

Leander huddled on the barrel that was farthest from Mrs. Yellett, and wrapped himself in the soaked red bedquilt.

From Judith of the Plains by Manning, Marie

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 Wisa, Louis

"Oh! why did I speak—why did I?" she cried, over and over in her distress, as she buried her face deeper yet in Mrs. Higby's gay patch bedquilt.

From Five Little Peppers Grown Up by Sidney, Margaret