counterpane

UK: /ˈkaʊntə^rpeɪn/ US: /ˈkaʊntɚˌpeɪn/ ,(koun′tər pān′)

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coun•ter•pane /ˈkaʊntɚˌpeɪn/   n. [countable]

1. Slang Terms a quilt or covering for a bed;
   bedspread.

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coun•ter•pane  (koun′tər pān′), n. [Older Use.]

1. Slang Terms a quilt or coverlet for a bed;
   bedspread.

• Latin culcita puncta pricked pillow. See quilt, point
• Middle French contre-pointe quilt, alteration (by association with contre- counter-) of cou(s)tepointe, coitepointe
• 1425–75; counter- + pane (in obsolete sense bedspread); replacing late Middle English counterpoynte

coun′ter•paned′, adj. 

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counterpane / ˈkaʊntəˌpeɪn/ noun

1. another word for bedspread

Etymology: 17th Century: from obsolete counterpoint (influenced by pane coverlet), changed from Old French coutepointe quilt, from Medieval Latin culcita puncta quilted mattress