Emily Dickinson Lexicon

BLANK'ET, n. [Fr. blanchet, the blanket of a printing press.]

1. A cover for a bed, made of coarse wool loosely woven, and used for securing against cold. Blankets are used also by soldiers, and seamen, for covering.
2. A kind of pear, sometimes written after the French, blanquet.
3. Among printers, woolen cloth or white baize, to lay between the tympans. – Print. Guide.