blanket chest

American  

noun

Furniture.

1. a chest, with or without drawers, having a rectangular space under a lifting lid or top, used for storing blankets, bedding, or clothing.

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blanket chest

I inherited a lovely wooden blanket chest from my grandparents, but I can only stack things on top of it because of the strong mothball smell inside.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 22, 2015

An 1840s painted pine blanket chest went to Hancock Shaker Village in Pittsfield, Mass., for about $33,000.

From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2014

Miss Love was sitting on the blanket chest that Granny’s angels had come out of.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

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