Counterpane

coun·ter·pane (kountr-pn)
n.
A cover for a bed; a bedspread.
[Alteration of obsolete counterpoint, from Middle English countrepoint, from Old French contrepointe, alteration of coultepointe, from Medieval Latin culcita pncta, stitched quilt : Latin culcita, quilt, mattress; see quilt + Latin pnctus, stitched, pricked; see point.]

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