| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | cov·er·let |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  k v  r-l t |
| VARIANT FORMS: | also cov·er·lid (-ld) |
| NOUN: | A bedspread. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English coverlite, from Anglo-Norman coverelyth : Old French covrir, to cover; see cover + Old French lit, bed (from Latin l ctus; see legh- in Appendix I).
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