Coverlet
['kʌvəlɪt] or ['kʌvɚlət]
Definition
(n.) The uppermost cover of a bed or of any piece of furniture.
Editor: Pasquale
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Counterpane.
Edited by Jeremy
Definition
n. a bedcover.—Also Cov′erlid.
Typed by Konrad
Examples
- Joe patted the coverlet on my shoulder with his great good hand, and said, in what I thought a husky voice, Good night! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- There was a big double bed, a _letto matrimoniale_ with a satin coverlet. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Mrs. Hale, her eyes still fixed on Mrs. Thornton's face, pressed the hand that lay below hers on the coverlet. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I folded my shawl double, and spread it over me for a coverlet; a low, mossy swell was my pillow. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Then, he shook the coverlet of his bed and spread it smooth, and Bradley stretched himself upon it in the clothes he wore. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Kissing her again, he turned round, drew the coverlet over his head, and lay as still as if that time had come by which she had adjured him. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- There were many mirrors, two chairs and a large bed with a satin coverlet. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- While turning in febrile restlessness, she had pushed the coverlets a little aside. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- By the same computation, they provided me with sheets, blankets, and coverlets, tolerable enough for one who had been so long inured to hardships. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
Typist: Vern