railway wrapper

English

Noun

railway wrapper (plural railway wrappers)

1. (archaic) A blanket to cover the legs when travelling.
   • 1851, Charles Dickens, “The Uncommerical Traveller”, in Household Words:

     I gave her a spare cloak and shared with her my railway-wrapper, but she seemed to grow paler and paler, and her features to wear a more anxious look as We went on