Hypertext Webster Gateway: "counterpane"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Counterpane \Coun"ter*pane`\ (koun"t?r-p?n`), n. [See
{Counterpoint}, corrupted into counterpane, from the
employment of pane-shaped figures in these coverlets. ]
A coverlet for a bed, -- originally stitched or woven in
squares or figures.
On which a tissue counterpane was cast. --Drayton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Counterpane \Coun"ter*pane`\, n. [OF. contrepan a pledge,
security; contre + pan a skirt, also, a pawn or gage, F. pan
a skirt. See {Pane}, and cf. {Pawn}.] (O. Law)
A duplicate part or copy of an indenture, deed, etc.,
corresponding with the original; -- now called counterpart.
Read, scribe; give me the counterpane. --B. Jonson.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
counterpane
n : decorative cover for a bed [syn: {bedspread}, {bedcover}, {bed
cover}, {bed covering}, {spread}]
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