What do you call a blanket used for moving?
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00:00 What Do You Call A Blanket Used For Moving?
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In the US, they are called moving blankets, moving pads, and occasionally furniture pads or furniture blankets. [Google Images]
The term furniture pad is also used for anti-scuff devices attached to the bottom of furniture.
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I just moved. The U-haul store called them "furniture padding". I have usually called them moving blankets.
http://www.uhaul.com/MovingSupplies/Protective-stuff/Furniture-Pad?id=2670
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Do you mean a painter felt? Here is one of the results I got with this words from google image search:
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Strictly speaking they are
coarse blankets
They are still used by some Armed Forces in place of covered duvets. However, as their use for bedding outside of that context is pretty rare nowadays, I find them most commonly referred to as
moving blankets
because of their usage (as already stated by bib).