counterpane• Just a shinypinkcounterpane, with a nightgownfolded neatly in the middle of the bolster.• Now look, look at the counterpane world, project yourself into it, look beside that bijousignalbox.• I went over to the bed and lifted the counterpane.• Rory's hand dropped back on the counterpane.• Her skin felt dry and rough; her hands, lying on the counterpane, were withered and light as dead leaves.• We rippled on the yellowsheet, the counterpane - and us - long gone.• The ridged and tuftedcounterpane has been carefully and frequently laundered.• The hand lying on the white counterpane still clutched the telephonetoken but neither of them mentioned it.
Origincounterpane
(1600-1700)counterpoint“counterpane”((15-17 centuries)), from Old Frenchcoute pointe“embroidered quilt”; influenced by pane“covering cloth”((13-17 centuries)), from Old Frenchpan ( → PANE)