coverlet

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʌvə(ɹ)lɪt/

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Noun

coverlet (plural coverlets)

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

   Near-synonyms: bedspread, bedcover, counterpane

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

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

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

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

Translations

blanket used as a bed covering

• Bulgarian: кувертюра (bg) f (kuvertjura)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 被單 / 被单 (zh) (bèidān), 床單 / 床单 (zh) (chuángdān), 衾 (zh) (qīn)

• Cornish: kywlet m
• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} kovrilo
• Finnish: päälipeitto
• French: couvre-lit (fr) m
• Galician: cobertor (gl) m
• German: Tagesdecke (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: ῥῆγος n (rhêgos)

• Hungarian: ágytakaró (hu)
• Irish: cuilt f
• Japanese: 掛け布団 (ja) (かけぶとん, kakebuton)
• Latin: strātum n, lodix f, cadurcum n
• Mongolian: хөнжил (mn) (xönžil)
• Polish: narzuta (pl) f, kapa (pl) f
• Russian: покрыва́ло (ru) n (pokryválo)
• Spanish: cobertor (es) m