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To supplement III-AK-III's answer:

Consider the following hadith for usage of ثوب as a blanket:

ولا يفضي الرجل إلى الرجل في ثوب واحد

a man should not lie with another man under one covering

^{— Sahih Muslim}

And, as explained in the other answer, there are variants of the hadith which use a different expressions to further clarify what type of cloth is meant:

والله ما نزل علي الوحي وأنا في لحاف امرأة منكن غيرها

By Allah, the Divine Inspiration never came to me while I was under the blanket of any woman amongst you except her

^{— Sahih Bukhari}

لحاف is defined by Lane's Lexicon:

and from Arabic-Englsih Dictionary by Hans Wehr:

Also Lane's Lexicon is clear that ثوب is often used to mean sheets of plain cloth, and may be used for any form of covering:

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Similar may be found in the Arabic-Englsih Dictionary by Hans Wehr

The idea propagated by anti-islamic polemics that clothing specific to the female gender is meant is rebutted by other hadith like:

لعن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم الرجل يلبس لبسة المرأة والمرأة تلبس لبسة الرجل

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) cursed the man who dressed like a woman and the woman who dressed like a man.

^{— Sunan Abu Daud}