Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Blanket \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}.

Blanketing \Blan"ket*ing\, n.
   1. Cloth for blankets.

   2. The act or punishment of tossing in a blanket.

            That affair of the blanketing happened to thee for
            the fault thou wast guilty of.        --Smollett.