Dictionary entry

Coverlet

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.