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coverlet

[ kuhv-er-lit ]
/ ˈkʌv ər lɪt /
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noun

Also cov·er·lid [kuhv-er-lid] /ˈkʌv ər lɪd/. a bed quilt that does not cover the pillow, used chiefly for warmth; bedspread.
Archaic. any covering or cover.

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RELATED WORDS

comforter, afghan, spread, throw, quilt

Nearby words

  1. covered-dish supper,
  2. covering,
  3. covering fire,
  4. covering letter,
  5. covering power,
  6. coverley,
  7. covermount,
  8. covers,
  9. coversed sine,
  10. coversine

Origin of coverlet

1250–1300; Middle English coverlite < Anglo-French cuver-lit bedspread, equivalent to cuver to cover + lit bed < Latin lectus; akin to lie2, lay1
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British Dictionary definitions for coverlet

coverlet

/ (ˈkʌvəlɪt) /

noun

another word for bedspread
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Word Origin and History for coverlet

coverlet

n.

c.1300, perhaps a diminutive of cover (n.), but early form coverlite suggests an unrecorded Old French or folk-etymology *covre-lit, from covrir "to cover" + lit "bed" (see litter (n.)).

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