Hypertext Webster Gateway: "coverlet"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Coverlet \Cov"er*let\ (k?v"?r-l?t), n. [F. couvre-lit; couvrir
to cover + lit bed, fr. L. lectus bed. See {Cover}.]
The uppermost cover of a bed or of any piece of furniture.

Lay her in lilies and in violets . . . And odored
sheets and arras coverlets. --Spenser.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

coverlet
n : a decorative bedspread (usually quilted)


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