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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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00:40 Answer 2 Score 7
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Score 15


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.




ANSWER 2

Score 7


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




ANSWER 3

Score 3


Do you mean a painter felt? Here is one of the results I got with this words from google image search:

Painter felt




ANSWER 4

Score 2


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).