cover-pane

1) Literally a cloth cover.

c.1537 Item j Ell fyne holandes cloth, wrought with gold and sylke in the mydes and euery corner, called a couerpane, Halifax. The meaning and spelling make it clear how counterpane developed from counterpoint.

places Halifax
dates 1537

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