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Entry 6 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Blanket

/blăng'-kət/ · Blan·ket · IPA /ˈblæŋkɪt/
01 n. 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 fabri…
  1. 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. 2.
    A piece of rubber, felt, or woolen cloth, used in the tympan to make it soft and elastic.(Print.)
  3. 3.
    A streak or layer of blubber in whales.
    “Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark To cry, “Hold, hold!”” — Shak.
Phrases & compounds
Blanket sheet — a newspaper of folio size.
A wet blanket — anything which damps, chills, dispirits, or discour�ges.
02 v. t. To cover with a blanket.
imp. & p. p. Blanketed; p. pr. & vb. n. Blanketing
  1. 1.
    To cover with a blanket.
    “I'll . . . blanket my loins.” — Shak.
  2. 2.
    To toss in a blanket by way of punishment.
    “We'll have our men blanket 'em i' the hall.” — B. Jonson.
  3. 3.
    To take the wind out of the sails of (another vessel) by sailing to windward of her.
Phrases & compounds
Blanket cattle — See Belted cattle, under Belted.