bedclothes

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   sheets, blankets, quilts, and other coverings used on a bed

   She pulled the bedclothes up to her chin against the cold.

From Middle English bedclothys, the plural of bedcloth, from Old English bedclāþ or beddclāþ ("coverlet, blanket, bedding"). It is transparently bed + clothes, but clothes here retains the older broad sense "cloth coverings" rather than garments worn on the body.

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