单词 | counterpane |
释义 | counterpane/ˈkaʊntəpeɪn![]() noun dated A bedspread.We talk in his room with its single bed, bumpily spread with a candlewick counterpane in a cosy shade of plum....
OriginEarly 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'.
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