† quiltpointn.

Forms: Middle English queldepoynte.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French quiltpoynt.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman quiltpoynt, coilte pointe, coilte pointée (c1170 or earlier; compare Anglo-Norman keutepoynt , Old French (Picardy) queutepointe (12th cent.; also quieutepointe ), (Tournai) kiolte puinte (1294), Middle French coultepointe (1438)) < coilte , quilt quilt n.¹ + pointée , feminine of past participle of pointer to embroider (see point v.¹). Compare ( < French) post-classical Latin culcita puncta (13th cent.), culta puncta , cultepuncta , culcitra punctata (all 13th cent. in British sources), culcitra puncta , culcitrepunctum (in undated French sources in Du Cange). Compare counterpoint n.² and see discussion at that entry, and also counterpane n.²It is unclear whether the following two examples should be interpreted as showing the Middle English or the Anglo-Norman word:1386 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 41 Lego..j. lectum rubeum quiltpoint cum j. testro de eadem setta.c1400 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1836) I. 243 Lego Thomae de Ughtrede j album lectum de sandell..cum uno coopertorio lecti vocato qwylt poynt. Compare also the earlier surname le Quiltepointer, although it is unclear whether this is to be interpreted as reflecting a Middle English or an (apparently otherwise unattested) Anglo-Norman word (compare Old French keutepointier, kiutepointier person who makes counterpanes (1318 or earlier)):1286 Patent Roll, 14 Edward I 4 June (P.R.O.: C 66/105) m. 8 Egidii Le Quiltepointer.

Obsolete. rare.

= counterpane n.²

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > household linen > bedclothes > [noun] > outer cover

coverture?c1225

chalon1301

coverlet1382

coverlida1400

quiltpointc1400

pane1405

counterpointa1475

liggera1483

happing1503

counterpane1626

palampore1676

spread1750

duvet1759

mata1894

suggan1907

eiderdown1950

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) 877 A cheyer be-fore þe chemne..Watz grayþed for sir Gawan..Whyssynes vpon queldepoyntes þa [read þat] koynt wer boþe.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	quiltpoint
释义	† quiltpointn. Forms: Middle English queldepoynte. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French quiltpoynt. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman quiltpoynt, coilte pointe, coilte pointée (c1170 or earlier; compare Anglo-Norman keutepoynt , Old French (Picardy) queutepointe (12th cent.; also quieutepointe ), (Tournai) kiolte puinte (1294), Middle French coultepointe (1438)) < coilte , quilt quilt n.¹ + pointée , feminine of past participle of pointer to embroider (see point v.¹). Compare ( < French) post-classical Latin culcita puncta (13th cent.), culta puncta , cultepuncta , culcitra punctata (all 13th cent. in British sources), culcitra puncta , culcitrepunctum (in undated French sources in Du Cange). Compare counterpoint n.² and see discussion at that entry, and also counterpane n.²It is unclear whether the following two examples should be interpreted as showing the Middle English or the Anglo-Norman word:1386 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 41 Lego..j. lectum rubeum quiltpoint cum j. testro de eadem setta.c1400 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1836) I. 243 Lego Thomae de Ughtrede j album lectum de sandell..cum uno coopertorio lecti vocato qwylt poynt. Compare also the earlier surname le Quiltepointer, although it is unclear whether this is to be interpreted as reflecting a Middle English or an (apparently otherwise unattested) Anglo-Norman word (compare Old French keutepointier, kiutepointier person who makes counterpanes (1318 or earlier)):1286 Patent Roll, 14 Edward I 4 June (P.R.O.: C 66/105) m. 8 Egidii Le Quiltepointer. Obsolete. rare. = counterpane n.² ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > household linen > bedclothes > [noun] > outer cover coverture?c1225 chalon1301 coverlet1382 coverlida1400 quiltpointc1400 pane1405 counterpointa1475 liggera1483 happing1503 counterpane1626 palampore1676 spread1750 duvet1759 mata1894 suggan1907 eiderdown1950 c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) 877 A cheyer be-fore þe chemne..Watz grayþed for sir Gawan..Whyssynes vpon queldepoyntes þa [read þat] koynt wer boþe. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1400
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