BLANKET
NOUNS
► BARRACLADE a home-made woollen blanket without nap → 1848 US
► BEDCLOTH a sheet, blanket or other cover for a bed → 1367
► BEDCOVER a sheet, blanket, etc. used as a covering on a bed for warmth → 1739
► BED-PLAID a blanket → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BLANKETEERING a shaking a person in a blanket held slackly at the corners or edges → 1839
► BLANKETING material used for making blankets → 1568
► BLANKET NIP a piece of old blanket folded around the feet inside the shoe packs for warmth; hence, a sock → 1906 Amer. dial.
► BLANKET TOSS a throwing a person into the air repeatedly from a blanket held slackly at the corners or edges → 1877
► BLANKIE a blanket, especially a child’s security blanket → 1899 chiefly US
► BLUEY a blanket as used by travellers in the bush → 1886 Aust. sl.
► CHALON a blanket or coverlet for a bed → 1301 obs.
► COMFORT BLANKET 1. a soft, thick blanket intended to be used in place of a quilted coverlet → 1908 US
2. a security blanket for a child → 1986 chiefly Brit.
► CUMBLY ► CUMLY a blanket; a coarse woollen cloth → 1696
► CUT a kind of blanket used for seamen’s hammocks → 1677 obs.
► DOONA a bed cover filled with feathers, down, etc., usually protected by a removable cloth cover; a duvet → 1971 Aust.
► EARLY RISER an old, worn, or thin blanket or rag, used as a substitute blanket. carried in a swag → 1897 Aust. tramps’ sl.
► HEELING something which serves as a covering; a blanket or coverlet → 1400 obs.
► HEN-SKIN a cheap, poor-quality blanket or quilt, usually filled with feathers, especially a bedroll used for camping → 1902 cowboys’ usage
► KOMBAARS a blanket, coverlet, or rug → 1812 S. Afr.
► LAMMY a blanket → 1870 UK sl.
► LANGEL ► LANGELL a woollen blanket or rug → 1324 Eng. dial. obs.
► LECKY BLANKET an electric blanket → 2001 sl.
► LOVEY a blanket or soft toy of which a child i s particularly fond and which gives reassurance by its familiarity → 1969 US colloq.
► MACKINAW BLANKET a thick blanket, such as used to be distributed to Indigenous people in the northwestern US by the US government → 1822
► MANTA a travelling blanket; a horse-cloth → 1828 obs.
► MANTLE 1. a blanket or cloth for covering → 1300 obs.
2. a kind of blanket or plaid formerly worn in rural Ireland and the Scottish Highlands → 1488 obs.
3. a blanket made of softened skins or fur, used by some Indigenous peoples of North America and members of various South African peoples, both as a covering for a bed or floor, and as a cloak → 1612
► MATILDA a rolled up blanket, a swag → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► MURRUMBIDGEE BLANKET four or five flour sacks sewn together, used by swagmen as a bed covering, a blanket → 1908 Aust. sl.
► NAP blankets or other covering used by a person sleeping in the open air → 1892 Aust. sl.
► NIP a piece of old blanket folded around the feet inside the shoe packs for warmth; hence, a sock → 1906 Amer. dial.
► OVERBLANKET a blanket placed over something or someone, as opposed to an underblanket; also, an electric blanket → 1970
► PARCEL a rolled blanket which contains one’s possessions → 1910 Aust. tramps’ sl.
► PINNING BLANKET a blanket for wrapping around a baby, held in place by pins → 1850 US
► RAILWAY RUG a rug or blanket designed for use by a railway passenger → 1850
► RECEIVING BLANKET a soft blanket in which to wrap a baby → 1891 US
► RUGGING coarse woollen cloth, especially as used as a blanket or carpet → 1838
► SECURITY BLANKET a small blanket or other soft fabric item held or carried by a child to give reassurance by its familiarity → 1954
► SLASHER a blanket → 1840 UK criminals’ sl.
► SOOGAN ► SOUGAN ► SUGAN ► SUGGAN a thick blanket or padded quilt suitable for camping out → 1907 US
► SPREADER a blanket → 1845 NZ sl.
► STITCH BLANKET a blanket made of stitched, quilted fabric that cannot easily be torn by ‘at-risk’ inmates → 2001 NZ prison sl.
► STRAIL a woollen bed-covering, a blanket → a1000 obs.
► STROUD ► STROUD BLANKET a blanket manufactured for barter or sale in trading with North Americfan Indigenous people → 1683
► SYDNEY BLANKET a rough blanket, used by vagrants and tramps and made of a sack or bag → 1943 Aust. sl.
► TRANSITIONAL OBJECT a small blanket or other soft fabric item held or carried by a child to give reassurance by its familiarity → 1951
► TUCSON BLANKET newspapers, when used by tramps as a substitute for blankets → 1920 US sl.
► UNLAID a blanket made from untarred wool → 1860 Sc. obs.
► WAGGA a blanket made by opening out two or more sacks, etc., and stitching them together along one edge; an improvised or makeshift blanket or covering that is sewn together from recycled materials → 1903 Aust.
► WHITTLE a blanket → 1422 obs.
► WOOLLY a blanket → 1864 Aust. & US sl.
► WRAP a blanket or rug for laying over or drawing about the person when travelling, resting, etc. → 1861
NOUNS – PERSON
► BLANKETEER one of a group of people who engages in throwing a person in the air repeatedly from a blanket held slackly at the corners or edges → 1739 obs.
► BLANKET-HEEZIE one who tosses another in a blanket → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► WHIPPER in blanket manufacture: the person who runs the coloured thread along the edge of a blanket → 1881
VERBS
► BLANKET of a group of people: to throw a person in the air repeatedly from a blanket held slackly at the corners or edges → 1601
► CANVASS to toss in a canvas sheet, etc., as a sport or punishment; to blanket → 1508 obs.
► LIE IN THE WOOLLEN to sleep with a blanket next to one → 1600 obs.
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