Editing Blanket (section)

{{short description|Type of bedding}}
{{Other uses}}
{{see also|comfort object}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}

[[File:Lautrec in bed 1893.jpg|thumb|right|''[[Le Lit (Toulouse-Lautrec)|The Bed]]'', 1892 by [[Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec]], depicts two people under a blanket]] 
A '''blanket''' is a swath of soft [[textile|cloth]] large enough either to cover or to enfold most of the user's body and thick enough to keep the body warm by trapping radiant body heat that otherwise would be lost through [[Thermal conduction|conduction]].