counterpane
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- counterpaned adjective
Etymology
Origin of counterpane
1425–75; counter- + pane (in obsolete sense bedspread); replacing late Middle English counterpoynte < Middle French contre-pointe quilt, alteration (by association with contre- counter- ) of cou ( s ) tepointe, coitepointe < Latin culcita puncta pricked pillow. See quilt, point
Example Sentences
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Mal and Christopher found bunks belowdecks—his had a deep red counterpane, embroidered with a dragon, hers a yellow one embossed with a griffin—and slept.
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Out of these deep surrounding shades rose high, and glared white, the piled-up mattresses and pillows of the bed, spread with a snowy Marseilles counterpane.
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His eyes were bloodshot and his hands clutched the counterpane.
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Under the chintz counterpane the sheets would be starchily pure.
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He had carefully turned back the counterpane, which was white as snow.
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