couvre-piedn.
/kuːvrəˈpjeɪ/ A rug to cover the feet.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [noun] > a covering > cloth or textile > for the person > for the feet
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1818 Lady Morgan Florence Macarthy II. iii. 154 Will you just inquire for a couvre-pied, that is lying loose somewhere in the carriage?
1879 M. Oliphant Within Precincts III. xli. 172 Her dress was carefully drawn over her feet..and a wadded couvre-pied in crimson satin laid over them.
1905 Mrs. H. Ward Marriage of William Ashe ii. xii. 228 He returned to his armchair and his books, but soon drew Kitty's couvre-pied over him and went to sleep.
1926 E. F. Thomas Rendezvous xxvi. 298 It was a pretty couvre-pieds, pale blue and comfortably quilted.
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