counterpane Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun decorative cover for a bed
    bed cover; bedspread; bedcover; spread; bed covering.

WordNet

Coun"ter*pane` noun
Etymology
See Counterpoint, corrupted into counterpane, from the employment of pane-shaped figures in these coverlets.
Definitions
  1. A coverlet for a bed, -- originally stitched or woven in squares or figures.
    On which a tissue counterpane was cast. Drayton.
Coun"ter*pane` noun
Etymology
OF. contrepan a pledge, security; contre + pan a skirt, also, a pawn or gage, F. pan a skirt. See Pane, and cf. Pawn.
Definitions
  1. (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.

Webster 1913