Associations to the word «Counterpane»

Wiktionary

COUNTERPANE, noun. The topmost covering of a bed, often functioning as a blanket.
COUNTERPANE, noun. A coverlet.

Dictionary definition

COUNTERPANE, noun. Decorative cover for a bed.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope