coverlet

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/ˈkʌvə(ɹ)lɪt/

noun

A blanket used as a bed covering, usually quilted.

“Near-synonyms: bedspread, bedcover, counterpane, quilt”

Similar
bedspreadbedcovercounterpanequilt
OriginMiddle English coverlite ← Anglo-Norman cuver-lit →
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Meanings

nouncoverlet (plural coverlets)

plural coverlets

  1. A blanket used as a bed covering, usually quilted.

    Near-synonyms: bedspread, bedcover, counterpane, quilt

    2 more examples

    Year after year unto her feet, She lying on her couch alone, Across the purpled coverlet, The maiden's jet-black hair has grown, […]

    1842, Alfred Tennyson, “The Day-Dream. The Sleeping Palace.”, in Poems. […], volume II, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 152

    The wintering grasses smoldered with a reddish-browh hue, similar to the patches on the bird's coverlet feathers.

    2021, Peter Cavanagh, “9. Cranes”, in 100 Flying Birds: Photographing the Mechanics of Flight, →ISBN, page 218

    Synonyms: bedspread, bedcover, counterpane, quilt

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA blanket used as a bed covering, usually quilted.

Similar
bedspreadbedcovercounterpanequilt
Also see
bedcovercounterpane

Origin

  1. Anglo-Normancuver-lit
  2. Middle Englishcoverlite
  3. Englishcoverlet

From Middle English coverlite, from Anglo-Norman cuver-lit, formed on cuvrir (“to cover”) + lit (“bed”). Cognate with Catalan cobrellit.

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Translations

Ancient Greek ῥῆγος
  • ῥῆγος (rhêgos)blanket used as a bed covering
Bulgarian кувертюра
  • кувертюра (kuvertjura)blanket used as a bed covering
Chinese Mandarin 被單 /被单, 床單 /床单
  • 被單 /被单 (bèidān)blanket used as a bed covering
  • 床單 /床单 (chuángdān)blanket used as a bed covering
  • 衾 (qīn)blanket used as a bed covering
Finnish päiväpeitto
  • päiväpeittoblanket used as a bed covering
French couvre-lit
  • couvre-litblanket used as a bed covering
German Tagesdecke
  • Tagesdeckeblanket used as a bed covering
Hungarian ágytakaró
  • ágytakaróblanket used as a bed covering
Irish cuilt
  • cuiltblanket used as a bed covering
Japanese 掛け布団
  • 掛け布団 (kakebuton)blanket used as a bed covering
Latin strātum, lodix
  • strātumblanket used as a bed covering
  • lodixblanket used as a bed covering
  • cadurcumblanket used as a bed covering
Polish narzuta, kapa
  • narzutablanket used as a bed covering
  • kapablanket used as a bed covering
Russian покрыва́ло
  • покрыва́ло (pokryválo)blanket used as a bed covering
Scottish Gaelic cuibhrig, brat-leapa
  • cuibhrigblanket used as a bed covering
  • brat-leapablanket used as a bed covering
Spanish cobertor
  • cobertorblanket used as a bed covering
Cite this entry
APA

coverlet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coverlet

MLA

“coverlet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coverlet. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coverlet,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coverlet.

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