bedquilt

[ bed-kwilt ]

noun

1. a quilted quilted coverlet.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bedquilt¹

First recorded in 1755–65; bed + quilt

Example Sentences

The rank vegetation of early spring, broken occasionally by the plowed fields, had all the abruptness of contrast seen in the patchwork of a bedquilt; and in the chill of the dawn was not a whit more pleasing to the eyes.

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A bedquilt; a counterpane; a coverlet.

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The room was half darkened, and only a little sharp nose showed over the top of the bedquilt.

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I do believe, Wun Lungy, that if ever that there handsome young man should go and get married I’d set him up in my fifty-five thousand five hundred and fifty-five piece bedquilt.

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Then, in formation so close that one might have covered the whole pack with a bedquilt, they came on again.

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