blanket cloth

blanket cloth
noun
see blanket I, 1c

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  • Blanket — Blan ket, n. [F. blanchet, OF. also blanket, a woolen waistcoat or shirt, the blanket of a printing press; prop. white woolen stuff, dim. of blanc white; blanquette a kind of white pear, fr. blanc white. See {Blank}, a.] 1. A heavy, loosely woven …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Blanket sheet — Blanket Blan ket, n. [F. blanchet, OF. also blanket, a woolen waistcoat or shirt, the blanket of a printing press; prop. white woolen stuff, dim. of blanc white; blanquette a kind of white pear, fr. blanc white. See {Blank}, a.] 1. A heavy,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • blanket — [blaŋk′it] n. [ME < OFr blanchet, dim. of blanc, white: see BLANK] 1. a large piece of cloth, often of soft wool, used for warmth as a bed cover or a covering for animals 2. anything used as or resembling a blanket; covering [a blanket of… …   English World dictionary

  • Cloth merchant — s Shop, Brooklyn Museum Cloth merchant is, strictly speaking, like a draper, the term for any vendor of cloth. However, it is generally used for one who owned and/or ran a cloth (often wool) manufacturing and/or wholesale import and/or export… …   Wikipedia

  • blanket — ► NOUN 1) a large piece of woollen material used as a covering for warmth. 2) a thick mass or layer of a specified material: a blanket of cloud. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ covering all cases or instances; total: a blanket ban. ► VERB (blanketed, blanketing) …   English terms dictionary

  • Blanket — For other uses, see Blanket (disambiguation). The Bed by Henri de Toulouse Lautrec depicts two people under a blanket A blanket is a type of bedding, generally speaking, a large piece of cloth, intended to keep the user warm, especially while… …   Wikipedia

  • blanket — {{11}}blanket (n.) c.1300, bed clothing; white woolen stuff, from O.Fr. blanchet light wool or flannel cloth; an article made of this material, dim. of blanc white (see BLANK (Cf. blank) (adj.), which had a secondary sense of a white cloth. Wet… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Blanket (disambiguation) — A blanket is a large, usually rectangular piece of thick bedding materialTypes of blanket* Afghan blanket, colored wool knitted or crocheted in geometric shapes * Blanket capote, blanket used as a coat, as by frontiersmen and mountaineers *… …   Wikipedia

  • blanket — blan|ket1 [ˈblæŋkıt] n [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: blanket white cloth (13 15 centuries), from Old French blankete, from blanc; BLANCH] 1.) a cover for a bed, usually made of wool 2.) [singular] a thick covering or area of something blanket of ▪… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • blanket — 01. We d better get some extra [blankets] for the bed tonight; it s going to get pretty cold. 02. The mother bent down to kiss the baby as she covered him with a soft wool [blanket]. 03. The fields around the farmhouse were [blanketed] with mist… …   Grammatical examples in English

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