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bedclothes

noun

Etymology

From Middle English bedclothys, plural of Middle English bedcloth, bedclothe, bedde clothe (“bed-cloth, bedding”), from Old English bedclāþ, beddclāþ (“coverlet, blanket, bedding, bedclothes”), equivalent to bed + clothes.

  1. derived from bedclāþ
  2. derived from bedcloth
  3. inherited from bedclothys

Definitions

  1. Sheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed.

    • She pulled the bedclothes over her neck to stay warm.
    • When she was little and I went to see her in bed, I often thought she wasn't there. She lay so neatly and so straight, without a ruckle and with her head just under the top of the bedclothes.

  2. Clothing worn to bed.

    • Tom put his bedclothes on and went to sleep.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at bedclothes. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at bedclothes. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at bedclothes

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA