as in quilt
a decorative cloth used as a top covering for a bed a beautiful counterpane that was a family heirloom

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Recent Examples of counterpane Beneath wall text describing Báthory’s ghoulish crimes and her macabre punishment, bloody mannequins in nightshirts, one with its throat hideously cut, sprawl across a counterpane. Sam Lipsyte, Harper’s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022 The bed was draped in a cranberry-red silk counterpane. Jon Meacham, House Beautiful, 1 Oct. 2013
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Noun
  • An employee walks past a quilt displaying Etsy Inc. signage at the company’s headquarters in the Brooklyn.
    Annie Palmer, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Bedding Deals Swap heavy bedding for lightweight, cooling quilts, sheets, and gel fiber bed pillows to avoid overheating at night.
    Ali Faccenda, People.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • For this reason, lightweight bedding is a must, and many of us are changing out warmer down comforters and duvets for lighter bedding options such as coverlets or quilts ahead of the warmer months to come.
    Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2025
  • Honestly, the coverlets deserve a three-bedroom house, one color in each room.
    Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • This lightweight bedspread has a classic quilt design.
    Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2025
  • Cue the viridian green of the new Amedeo bed, with its padded structure and fine silk upholstery entirely hand-embroidered with a jungle motif that continues on the bedspread and the bolster pillows, or the deep red of the Pascal armchair with a dragon embroidered on the back.
    Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 14 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • These include an ornate 17th century cabinet decorated with Peruvian silver and five historic barkcloth textiles from various Pacific islands, including a bedcover that once belonged to Hawaiian Queen Ka’ahumanu.
    Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2023
  • Perhaps standing in the doorway of a parent’s bedroom, or sprawled out on the bedroom floor, or even flopped on top of the bedcovers themselves, otherwise sphinxlike teens often share freely what’s on their minds at a time when parents might want to curl up and drift off.
    Lisa Damour, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Feb. 2023

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“Counterpane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterpane. Accessed 1 May. 2025.

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