English-Thai Dictionary

counterpane

N ผ้าคลุมเตียง  bedspread coverlet pa-klum-tiang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COUNTERPANE

n. 1. A particular kind of coverlet for a bed. [See Counterpoint. ]
2. One part of an indenture.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

COUNTERPANE

Coun "ter *pane ` (koun "tr-pn `), n. Etym: [See Counterpoint, corrupted into counterpane, from the employment of pane-shaped figures in these coverlets. ]

 

Defn: A coverlet for a bed, -- originally stitched or woven in squares or figures. On which a tissue counterpane was cast. Drayton.

 

COUNTERPANE

Coun "ter *pane `, n. Etym: [OF. contrepan a pledge, security; contre +pan a skirt, also, a pawn or gage, F. pan a skirt. See Pane, and cf. Pawn. ] (O. Law )

 

Defn: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

counterpane

coun ter pane |ˈkountərˌpān ˈkaʊn (t )ərˌpeɪn | ▶noun dated a bedspread. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: 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. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

counterpane

coun ¦ter |pane |ˈkaʊntəpeɪn | ▶noun dated a bedspread. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: 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 ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

counterpane

counterpane noun dated See bedspread.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

counterpane

coun ter pane /káʊntə r pèɪn /名詞 C ｟やや古 ｠掛けぶとん, (厚手で飾りのついた )ベッドカバー (bedspread ).