bedclothesn.
/ˈbɛdkləʊðz/ With plural agreement. The sheets and blankets with which a bed is covered.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > household linen > bedclothes > [noun]
bedclothesa1387
clothesa1400
clothinga1400
bed-stuff1535
furniture1576
bed-linen1815
bed-clothing1852
bed-furniture1861
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 87 A burþen of bed-cloþes.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 27 Bedclothe, or a rayment for a bed.
a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) iv. iii. 260 In his sleepe he does little harme, saue to his bed-cloathes about him. View more context for this quotation
1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto I cxl. 73 To fling the bed-clothes in a heap.
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