duvet

[doo-vey, dyoo-]

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noun

a usually down-filled quilt, often with a removable cover; comforter.

Origin of duvet

1750–60; < French: down (plumage), Middle French, alteration of dumet, derivative of Old French dum ≪ Old Norse dūnn down²

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Examples from the Web for duvet

Contemporary Examples

I pulled my duvet up to my chin and felt the mattress shaping to my body.
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Anonymous
March 15, 2014
One look resembled a duvet cover thrown around the shoulders like a long cape.
Comme Des Garçons, Kenzo, and More Japanese Designers at Paris Fashion Week
Liza Foreman
March 4, 2014
A tube of lubricant also flew into the stalls as a duvet was swiftly scooped up.
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Tim Teeman
January 18, 2014
The Dior dress Lawrence donned at the Globes bears a strong resemblance to a duvet cover accented with black tape.
Hollywood's Morning After: Emma Watson’s Pants and More
Amy Zimmerman
January 13, 2014
But they believed, too, that Knox and Sollecito took pity on her later by covering her with a duvet.
New Hope for Amanda Knox
Barbie Latza Nadeau
March 4, 2010

Historical Examples

But she improved it: "You must have it after you're in bed, and you must have my duvet."
It Never Can Happen Again
William De Morgan
He put his face down in her duvet and smelled the cotton covers and her nighttime sweat, like a spice, like cinnamon.
Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town
Cory Doctorow
The only covering consisted of a single blanket, and the duvet or down pillow, always found upon the foot of continental beds.
An American Girl Abroad
Adeline Trafton
After a while he lowered himself on to the bed, and lay between Miss Showers and myself on the outside of the duvet.
There is no Death
Florence Marryatt

British Dictionary definitions for duvet

duvet

noun

another name for continental quilt
Also called: duvet jacket a down-filled jacket used esp by mountaineers

Word Origin

C18: from French, from earlier dumet, from Old French dum down ²

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Word Origin and History for duvet

n.

1758, from French duvet "down," earlier dumet, diminutive of dum "down."

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Examples from the Web for duvet

Contemporary Examples

I pulled my duvet up to my chin and felt the mattress shaping to my body.

One look resembled a duvet cover thrown around the shoulders like a long cape.

A tube of lubricant also flew into the stalls as a duvet was swiftly scooped up.

The Dior dress Lawrence donned at the Globes bears a strong resemblance to a duvet cover accented with black tape.

But they believed, too, that Knox and Sollecito took pity on her later by covering her with a duvet.

Historical Examples

But she improved it: "You must have it after you're in bed, and you must have my duvet."

He put his face down in her duvet and smelled the cotton covers and her nighttime sweat, like a spice, like cinnamon.

The only covering consisted of a single blanket, and the duvet or down pillow, always found upon the foot of continental beds.

After a while he lowered himself on to the bed, and lay between Miss Showers and myself on the outside of the duvet.

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Word Origin and History for duvet

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