coverlet

[ kuhv-er-lit ]

noun

1. Also cov·er·lid [] a bed quilt that does not cover the pillow, used chiefly for warmth; bedspread.
2. Archaic. any covering covering or cover.

coverlet

/ ˈkʌvəlɪt /

noun

1. See bedspread
   another word for bedspread

Word History and Origins

Origin of coverlet¹

1250–1300; Middle English coverlite < Anglo-French cuver-lit bedspread, equivalent to cuver to cover + lit bed < Latin lectus; akin to lie ², lay ¹

Example Sentences

Here Letty drew the coverlet from the face of the sleeping babe, and displayed his chubby proportions with maternal pride.

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The thick white hair was arranged in seemly order, and his hands lay upon the coverlet as if he had finished something.

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She turned and saw the moonlight streaming in at the window, and lying like a silver coverlet upon the floor.

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He was silent for a full minute while the girl in the bed plucked at the coverlet and eyed first him and then Greenleaf.

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He doubled his cloak, that by rolling himself up in it, it might serve the purposes both of a bed and of a coverlet.

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