horsecloth
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Betty drew her down beside her under the horsecloth and threw her arms round her; Victoria's body was cold as ice.
From A Bed of Roses by George, Walter Lionel
When the cold nipped too close into her she would get up and wrap herself in the horsecloth and read with savage application, rushing to the core of the thought.
From A Bed of Roses by George, Walter Lionel
He fell from exhaustion, and we made a litter with two poles and a horsecloth to carry him home.
From The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon by Baker, Samuel White, Sir
Going towards the stable, he met the white-legged chestnut, Mahotin's Gladiator, being led to the race-course in a blue forage horsecloth, with what looked like huge ears edged with blue.
From Anna Karenina by Garnett, Constance
I was tempted at last to take the horsecloth off my shoulders, and to wrap my feet up in it, but all was of no use.
From Snow Shoes and Canoes The Early Days of a Fur-Trader in the Hudson Bay Territory by Little, Norman
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