noun
Etymology
Origin of coverlet
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
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Example Sentences
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Something about that coverlet must have felt important to her about her character.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2025
In front of an oversize mirror sits a dramatic chaise upholstered in a turn-of-the-century coverlet from Ms. Bode’s personal textile collection.
From New York Times ● Feb. 12, 2022
When not moonstruck, the darkness itself is the draw, a coverlet silencing the day’s concerns, yet granting permission for thoughts to drift forever out into space – while remembering to yell “Car up!”
From The Guardian ● Aug. 5, 2019
I have: I once stress-purchased a yellow coverlet because I was dating someone new and concerned about my room looking put together.
From Slate ● Mar. 8, 2019
Billy took off his tri-focals and his coat and his necktie and his shoes, and he closed the Venetian blinds and then the drapes, and he lay down on the outside of the coverlet.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
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