COUNTERPANE


Meaning of COUNTERPANE in English

— counterpaned , adj.

/kown"teuhr payn'/ , n. Older Use.

a quilt or coverlet for a bed; bedspread.

[ 1425-75; COUNTER- + PANE (in obs. sense bedspread); r. late ME counterpoynte contre-pointe quilt, alter. (by assoc. with contre- COUNTER-) of cou ( s ) tepointe, coitepointe culcita puncta pricked pillow. See QUILT, POINT ]

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