And for a robe, About her lank and all o’er-teeméd loins, A blanket in the alarm of fear caught up –

Will someone paint this for me?
I’m not sure I understand exactly how this blanket is draped around this mobled queen. My initial picture was a blanket over her shoulders, like a cloak or a fire blanket or a sweater –
but then the blanket seems to be caught up in her “o’er-teeméd” loins. Is it then more like a diaper? Or a skirt? Is it acting as bandaging for wounds? Is it somehow worse for her dignity than just wearing a dirty old blanket instead of her royal weeds?
She’s barefoot, crying, a bruise or wound on her head and still it will get worse.

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