Definition of Blankets

1. Noun. (plural of blanket) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of blanket) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Blankets

1. blanket [v] - See also: blanket

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blankets

blanket loans
blanket parties
blanket party
blanket stitch
blanket suture
blanket term
blanket terms
blanketed
blanketflower
blanketflowers
blanketing
blanketings
blanketless
blanketlike
blanketly
blankets (current term)
blanketweed
blankety
blankie
blankies
blanking
blankings
blankity
blankly
blankness
blanknesses
blanks
blanky
blanquet
blanquets

Literary usage of Blankets

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit Court of the United by Benjamin Robbins Curtis (1854)
"Greely. kind of blankets, as Mackinaw, or Rose, or Whitney, or Duffel blankets. And you observe that the Act of Congress does not speak of blankets, ..."

2. The Writings of George Washington by George Washington (1890)
"The distressed situation of the army for want of blankets, and many necessary articles of cloathing, is truly deplorable ; and must inevitably be ..."

3. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by Sir William Wilson Hunter (1885)
"... to introduce the merino breed of sheep has not proved successful. Manufactures, etc.—The manufacture of cotton cloths and coarse woollen blankets, ..."

4. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1893)
"... togive n feast during which ttn blankets are given each gut»l; ... to gice ten blankets to each person of all tribes of the world ..."

5. The Letters and Papers of Cadwallader Colden by New-York Historical Society, Cadwallader Colden (1878)
"some blankets and Utensils for the uses you mention. I have directed him to take particular Receipts for whatever is lent. I am, &c. ..."

6. Diary of a Southern Refugee, During the War by Judith White Brockenbrough] [McGuire (1868)
"hospital, with a request to Miss T. that blankets should be given from the ... The blankets that could be spared from private houses were given last winter. ..."

7. Journal of a Trapper: Or, Nine Years in the Rocky Mountains, 1834-1843 by Osborne Russell, Lem A. York (1921)
"... XXVII Old Partners "Split blankets"—Supply Train Reaches Fan Hall on June 14, 1840 On the loth of March I started again with my old companion Elbridge. ..."

8. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit Court of the United by Benjamin Robbins Curtis (1854)
"Greely. kind of blankets, as Mackinaw, or Rose, or Whitney, or Duffel blankets. And you observe that the Act of Congress does not speak of blankets, ..."

9. The Writings of George Washington by George Washington (1890)
"The distressed situation of the army for want of blankets, and many necessary articles of cloathing, is truly deplorable ; and must inevitably be ..."

10. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by Sir William Wilson Hunter (1885)
"... to introduce the merino breed of sheep has not proved successful. Manufactures, etc.—The manufacture of cotton cloths and coarse woollen blankets, ..."

11. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1893)
"... togive n feast during which ttn blankets are given each gut»l; ... to gice ten blankets to each person of all tribes of the world ..."

12. The Letters and Papers of Cadwallader Colden by New-York Historical Society, Cadwallader Colden (1878)
"some blankets and Utensils for the uses you mention. I have directed him to take particular Receipts for whatever is lent. I am, &c. ..."

13. Diary of a Southern Refugee, During the War by Judith White Brockenbrough] [McGuire (1868)
"hospital, with a request to Miss T. that blankets should be given from the ... The blankets that could be spared from private houses were given last winter. ..."

14. Journal of a Trapper: Or, Nine Years in the Rocky Mountains, 1834-1843 by Osborne Russell, Lem A. York (1921)
"... XXVII Old Partners "Split blankets"—Supply Train Reaches Fan Hall on June 14, 1840 On the loth of March I started again with my old companion Elbridge. ..."

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