Definitions for counterpane

counterpane coun·ter·pane

Spelling: [koun-ter-peyn]
IPA: /ˈkaʊn tərˌpeɪn/

Counterpane is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 897 anagrams from letters in counterpane (aceennoprtu).

Definitions for counterpane

noun

  1. a quilt or coverlet for a bed; bedspread.

Origin of counterpane

1425-75; counter- + pane (in obsolete sense bedspread); replacing late Middle English counterpoynte Middle French contre-pointe quilt, alt

Examples for counterpane

Mrs Lupin and the young lady gazed in silence at the counterpane.

She twisted the fringe of the counterpane in her slender, white fingers, and she did not look at him.

I flopped on the bed, stretched my arm out against the counterpane.

A disregarded doll lay with inverted head on the counterpane.

One of the little sleeper's hands was thrown outside the counterpane.

The white night-dress was by the bedside, the night-cap was buried in the counterpane.

Then Linda knelt down, and hid her face upon the counterpane.

She was in her night-dress, and a counterpane half over her.

Edward was kneeling beside his bed with his head hidden in the counterpane.

This mark on the counterpane appears to bear out that theory.

Word Value for counterpane
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