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coverlet|ˈkʌvəlɪt|
Forms: 4–5 cou-, coverlite, -lyt(e, -lyth, cowyrlythe, keuerlit, -lyte, keweferlyte, kever-, koverlet, 5–6 couerlet(t(e, 6 couerlyght, couverlet, keuerlette, 6–7 coverlett, 5– coverlet.
[The early form coverlite appears to represent an OF. *covre-lit (f. covrir to cover + lit bed). Examples of coverlit, coverlet occur in 14th c. Anglo-Fr.; but these may be from English. (Mod.F. couvre-lit is a neologism, suggested perhaps in part by Eng. coverlet.) The variants in -let, -light, -led, -lid (see next), etc., show that at an early date the composition of the word was unknown.]
1. The uppermost covering of a bed; a counterpane, quilt.[1381Will of C'tess of March in Nicholls Royal Wills (1780) 100 Un coverlet de worstede pur mesme le lit, vn couertour de bleu, etc. 1399Will of C'tess of Gloucester, ibid. 181 Item, un lit..ove..testers, coverlitz, curtyns, et tapitz, qe a eux appertient.] a1300Cursor M. 11239 (Gött.) Was þar no pride [of] couerlite [v.r. couerled] chamber curtin ne tapite. 1382Wyclif 2 Kings viii. 15 He toke an coverlyte..and spradde upon his face. 1395E.E. Wills (1882) 4 A keuerlet of red sendel ypouthered with Cheuerons. c1440Gesta Rom. xl. 160 (Harl. MS.) Bitwene hir shete and hir couerlyte of hir bede. 1515Barclay Egloges iii. (1570) B vj/2 All the cloathes and couerlet. 1522Bury Wills 116 A couerlyght with fflowre delyce. 1632Lithgow Trav. v. (1682) 200 Neither have they any bed-cloths, save only a coverlet above them. 1766Pennant Zool., Eider Duck, It's remarkably light, elastic, warm qualities, make it [eider down] highly esteemed, as a stuffing for coverlets. 1865Livingstone Zambesi xx. 405 A present of a quilted coverlet.
2. transf. A covering of any kind; a cover.
1551Bible 2 Sam. xvii. 19 The wyfe toke and spread a couerlet [Coverdale, couerynge; so 1611] on the top of the well and strawed thereon.. barley. 1665G. Havers P. della Valle's Trav. E. Ind. 90 The Nets, are cover'd for avoiding the Rain with dry Coverlets made of Palm leaves. 1718Pope Iliad v. 246 Ten polish'd chariots..veil'd in spacious coverlets. 1744Mitchell in Phil. Trans. XLIII. 104 Perhaps the inner Epidermis itself may appear thro' its outer porous Coverlet. 1825Beverley Lighting Act ii. 20 Any blind, shade, coverlet or awning..before any shop.
b. fig. (from 1 and 2.)
1627–77Feltham Resolves i. xxxiv. 57 Gold is the only Coverlet of imperfections. 1687Congreve Old Bach. iv. i, Under the coverlet of religion. 1860Tyndall Glac. i. vii. 50 Over the slopes..was spread a coverlet of shining snow.
3. Comb., as coverlet-maker.
1848W. K. Kelly tr. L. Blanc's Hist. Ten Y. II. 273 The Sieur Veron, coverlet maker. |