blanketing

To cover with, or as if with, a blanket.

“A fresh layer of snow blanketed the area.”

To traverse or complete thoroughly.

“The salesman blanketed the entire neighborhood.”

To toss in a blanket by way of punishment.

To take the wind out of the sails of (another vessel) by sailing to windward of it.

To nullify the impact of someone or something.

Cloth for making blankets.

A layer of something that covers like a blanket.

“blanketings of snow”

The act or punishment of tossing in a blanket.

A manoeuvre in which one vessel covers or becalms another with its sails.