counterpane
noun
[ ˈkaʊntəpeɪn ]
• a bedspread.
Similar:
bedspread,
cover,
coverlet,
throw-over,
blanket,
afghan,
quilt,
eiderdown,
bedcover,
throw,
spread,
comforter,
kaross,
Origin:
early 17th century: alteration of counterpoint, from Old French contrepointe, based on medieval Latin culcitra puncta ‘quilted mattress’ ( puncta, literally meaning ‘pricked’, from the verb pungere ). The change in the ending was due to association with pane in an obsolete sense ‘cloth’.
