COUNTERPANE


Meaning of COUNTERPANE in English

noun

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Her skin felt dry and rough; her hands, lying on the counterpane , were withered and light as dead leaves.

I went over to the bed and lifted the counterpane .

Just a shiny pink counterpane , with a nightgown folded neatly in the middle of the bolster.

Now look, look at the counterpane world, project yourself into it, look beside that bijou signal box.

Rory's hand dropped back on the counterpane .

The hand lying on the white counterpane still clutched the telephone token but neither of them mentioned it.

The ridged and tufted counterpane has been carefully and frequently laundered.

We rippled on the yellow sheet, the counterpane - and us - long gone.

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