Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Coverlet

Coverlet (k?v"?r-l?t) , noun

[French couvre-lit; couvrir to cover + lit bed, from Latin lectus bed. See Cover.]

The uppermost cover of a bed or of any piece of furniture.
Lay her in lilies and in violets... And odored sheets and arras coverlets. — Spenser