/ ˈkaʊntəpeɪn; NAmE -tərp-/ noun
( old-fashioned , BrE ) = bedspread
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WORD ORIGIN
early 17th cent.: alteration of counterpoint , from Old French contrepointe , based on medieval Latin culcitra puncta quilted mattress ( puncta , literally meaning pricked, from the verb pungere ). The change in the ending was due to association with pane in an obsolete sense cloth.