couette — meaning in English

English meaning

• duvet noun A thick, soft quilt filled with down, feathers or synthetic fibre, used on a bed instead of a top sheet and blankets and normally slipped inside a washable cover.
• quilt noun A bed covering made of two layers of fabric stitched together with padding in between, often patterned.

Senses

couette is used for these senses in English:

• duvet (British, Ireland, New Zealand, Canada) A quilt or usually flat cloth bag with a filling (traditionally down) and usually an additional washable cover, used instead of blankets; often called a comforter or quilt, especially in US English.
• pigtail (now, especially) Either of a pair of braids or tails worn on the sides of the head.
• quillback Carpiodes cyprinus, a freshwater fish of the sucker family with a long filament that extends back from the dorsal fin, native to the eastern and central United States.
• quilt A bed covering consisting of two layers of fabric stitched together, with insulation between, often having a decorative design.

quilt — full definition

1. noun A bed covering made of two layers of fabric stitched together with padding in between, often patterned.
2. verb To stitch layers of fabric together with padding to make a quilt or quilted item.

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