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QUILT , properly a coverlet for a See also:

BED
BED (a common Teutonic word, cf. German Bett, probably connected with the Indo-European root bhodh, seen in the Lat. fodere, to dig; so " a dug-out place " for safe resting, or in the same sense as a garden " bed ")

bed, consisting of a See also:

mass of feathers, down, See also:

WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool or other soft substance, surrounded by an See also:

OUTER

outer covering of See also:

LINEN

linen, See also:

CLOTH

cloth, or other material. In its earlier uses the " quilt " was made thick, and served as a See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form of See also:

MATTRESS (O.Fr. materas, mod. matelas; the origin is the Arab. al-materah, cushion, whence Span. and Port. almadraque, Ital. materasso)

mattress. The See also:

TERM

term was also given to a stitched wadded lining for See also:

BODY

body See also:

ARMOUR, PHILIP DANFORTH (1832-1901)

armour, and also, when made stout and closely padded, to a substitute for armour. The word came into See also:

ENGLISH

English from 0. Fr. coilte, coilte, or coute, mod. couette. This is derived from See also:

Lat. culcita or culcitra, a stuffed mattress or See also:

CUSHION (from O. Fr. coisson, coussin; according to the New English Dict., from Lat. coxa, a hip; others say from Lat. culcita, a quilt)

cushion. From the form culcitra came O. Fr. cotre or coutre, whence coutre pointe, See also:

Low Lat. culcita puncta, i.e. stitched or quilted cushion; this was corrupted to contre pointe, Eng. See also:

COUNTERPOINT (Lat. contrapunctus, " point counter point," " note against note ")

counterpoint, which in turn was changed to " counterpane " (as if from Lat. pannus, piece of cloth). Thus " counterpane," a coverlet for a bed, and " quilt," are by origin the same word.

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