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1 bedcovers
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2 bedcovers
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3 roll back
v + o + adv, v + adv + o ( reduce) (AmE) \<\<prices/salaries\>\> bajar, reducir*1. VT + ADV1) [+ carpet] enrollar; [+ bedcovers] echar para atrás2) (fig) [+ taxes] reducir, bajar; [+ enemy] hacer retrocederthe government's attempts to roll back the welfare state — los intentos por parte del gobierno de reducir el estado del bienestar
to roll back the years — retroceder en el tiempo, volver atrás en el tiempo
2.VI + ADV [clouds, mist] disiparse; [eyes] ponerse en blanco* * *v + o + adv, v + adv + o ( reduce) (AmE) \<\<prices/salaries\>\> bajar, reducir* -
4 Amamee
Cotton cloth, plain weave, made from smooth fine yarns about 34's to 40's, in fine reeds and used for shirts, bedcovers, etc. Both bleached, dyed and printed. Native made in Bengal. There are three qualities, the finer called Bissuti and the coarser Tissuti. -
5 Armoisin
Obsolete, light and thin silk taffeta for lining; made in Italy and France, with stripes, geometrical designs, or dots. Heavier style with ribs was made for curtains and bedcovers. Nowadays, East India produces two kinds, one called damaras with flower patterns, and arains with stripes or checks. (Harmuth) -
6 Bus
A cotton fabric, hand woven, and printed with hand blocks in Turkestan. Made narrow widths and several widths are sewn together for use as bedcovers. The cloth is used in the grey state. The designs are large, and imitate the Oriental rug patterns. -
7 Coutil Pacon De Bruxelles
A French cotton coutil made with narrow stripes, and used for bedcovers, drapery, etc.Dictionary of the English textile terms > Coutil Pacon De Bruxelles
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8 Montichicour
A fabric of silk warp and cotton weft, imported by France during the 17th and 18th centuries for drapery and bedcovers. It was also called Montichour. Made in Madras from native silk. -
9 Quilt
QUILT, QUILTEDOriginally a term applied to a cushion, bed, mattress or bedcover that was quilted by putting wadding between two cloths and stitching the two cloths together. The stitching can be arranged to form pattern in addition to binding the two cloths together. " Quilts " is now a general term, and includes the bedcovers known as Alhambra, Broche, Grecian, Honeycomb, Marseilles, Mitcheline, Tapestry and Terry. -
10 Quilted
QUILT, QUILTEDOriginally a term applied to a cushion, bed, mattress or bedcover that was quilted by putting wadding between two cloths and stitching the two cloths together. The stitching can be arranged to form pattern in addition to binding the two cloths together. " Quilts " is now a general term, and includes the bedcovers known as Alhambra, Broche, Grecian, Honeycomb, Marseilles, Mitcheline, Tapestry and Terry. -
11 Sujnee
Indian term for bedcovers in wide widths and native-made from 32's/20's yarns, and several reeds. The designs are either diamond or honeycomb effects. -
12 yank
■ yank off:▶ yank [sth] off, yank off [sth] arracher [tie, scarf] ; to yank off the bedcovers arracher les couvertures du lit.■ yank out:▶ yank [sth] out, yank out [sth] arracher [tooth, gun].
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