(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:46:33

Cov"er*let (k?v"?r-l?t), n. [F. couvre-lit; couvrir to cover + lit bed, fr. L. lectus bed. See Cover.]

The uppermost cover of a bed or of any piece of furniture.

Lay her in lilies and in violets . . . And odored sheets and arras coverlets. Spenser.

 

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