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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024coun•ter•pane /ˈkaʊntɚˌpeɪn/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Slang Termsa quilt or covering for a bed;
bedspread.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024coun•ter•pane (koun′tər pān′),USA pronunciation n. [Older Use.]- Slang Termsa 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
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: counterpane /ˈkaʊntəˌpeɪn/ n - 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 |