Dictionary entry

Counterpane (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Coun″ter‐pane′, n. [OF. contrepan a pledge, security; contre + pan a skirt, also, a pawn or gage, F. pan a skirt. See Pane, and cf. Pawn.] (O. Law) A duplicate part or copy of an indenture, deed, etc., corresponding with the original; — now called counterpart.

Read, scribe; give me the counterpane.

B. Jonson.