bed-clothes, n. pl.
(ˈbɛd-kləʊðz)
(The sing. bedcloth is obs.)
[f. bed n. + clothes.]
The sheets and blankets with which a bed is covered.
| 1387 Trevisa Higden Rolls Ser. VI. 87 A burþen of bed-cloþes. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 27 Bedclothe, or a rayment for a bed. 1601 Shakes. All's Well iv. iii. 287 In his sleepe he does little harme, saue to his bed-cloathes about him. 1818 Byron Juan i. cxl, To fling the bed-clothes in a heap. |