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Definitions for: Blanket
[n] bedding that keeps a person warm in bed; "he pulled the covers over his head and went to sleep"
[n] a layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a nuclear reactor
[n] anything that covers; "there was a blanket of snow"
[v] cover as if with a blanket; as of snow
[v] form a blanket-like cover (over)
Webster (1913) Definition: Blan"ket, n. [F. blanchet, OF. also blanket, a woolen
waistcoat or shirt, the blanket of a printing press; prop.
white woolen stuff, dim. of blanc white; blanquette a kind of
white pear, fr. blanc white. See Blank, a.]
1. A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually of wool, and having
a nap, used in bed clothing; also, a similar fabric used
as a robe; or any fabric used as a cover for a horse.
2. (Print.) A piece of rubber, felt, or woolen cloth, used in
the tympan to make it soft and elastic.
3. A streak or layer of blubber in whales.
Note: The use of blankets formerly as curtains in theaters
explains the following figure of Shakespeare. --Nares.
Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark
To cry, ``Hold, hold!'' --Shak.
Blanket sheet, a newspaper of folio size.
A wet blanket, anything which damps, chills, dispirits, or
discour?ges.
Blan"ket, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blanketed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Blanketing.]
1. To cover with a blanket.
I'll . . . blanket my loins. --Shak.
2. To toss in a blanket by way of punishment.
We'll have our men blanket 'em i' the hall. --B.
Jonson.
3. To take the wind out of the sails of (another vessel) by
sailing to windward of her.
Blanket cattle. See Belted cattle, under Belted.
Synonyms: cover, mantle
See Also: afghan, bed clothing, bedclothes, bedding, breeder reactor, cover, cover, cover, covering, electric blanket, layer, mackinaw, Mackinaw blanket, manta, natural covering, security blanket, spread over
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