coverlet

[ kuhv-er-lit ]

/ ˈkʌv ər lɪt /

Also cov·er·lid

[kuhv-er-lid] /ˈkʌv ər lɪd/. a bed quilt that does not cover the pillow, used chiefly for warmth; bedspread.

Archaic. any covering or cover.

Origin of coverlet

1250–1300; Middle English coverlite < Anglo-French cuver-lit bedspread, equivalent to cuver to cover + lit bed < Latin lectus; akin to lie², lay¹

I lay on the coverlet that was stretched across the quilting-frame and heard all the gossip of 1799.

Around The Tea-Table |T. De Witt Talmage
She lifted the big-jointed hand on the coverlet and pressed it softly to her flushed cheek, and he understood.

The Price |Francis Lynde
A harsh-voiced man comes to the bed, and says that he must not lay his hands outside the coverlet.

The Son of a Servant |August Strindberg
Count Gustav looked at her little delicate hand lying on the coverlet, and then at the worn little face.

The Beth Book |Sarah Grand

One small hand lay on the coverlet; she dared not touch it for fear of waking him—but she laid her cheek close to it for comfort.

The Street of Seven Stars |Mary Roberts Rinehart

coverlet

/ (ˈkʌvəlɪt) /

another word for bedspread