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Synonyms
bedcover (also bedcovering), bedspread, counterpane, hap [dialect], spread
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14th century, in the meaning defined above
Middle English, alteration of coverlite, from Anglo-French coverlit, from covre (it) covers + lit bed, from Latin lectus — more at lie
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