railway wrapper

noun

A blanket to cover the legs when travelling.

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Meanings

nounrailway wrapper (plural railway wrappers)

plural railway wrappers

  1. archaicA blanket to cover the legs when travelling.

    I gave her a spare cloak and shared with her my railway-wrapper, but she seemed to grow paler and paler, and her features to wear a more anxious look as We went on

    1851, Charles Dickens, “The Uncommerical Traveller”, in Household Words
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APA

railway wrapper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/railway%20wrapper

MLA

“railway wrapper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/railway%20wrapper. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “railway wrapper,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/railway%20wrapper.

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