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Encyclopedia Britannica



QUILT

This article appears in Volume V22, Page 751 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: PYR-RAY
QUILT , properly a coverlet for a bed, consisting of a
mass
  of feathers, down,
wool
  or other soft substance, surrounded by an outer covering of
linen
 ,
cloth
 , or other material. In its earlier uses the " quilt " was made thick, and served as a form of mattress. The
term
  was also given to a stitched wadded lining for
body
 
armour
 , and also, when made stout and closely padded, to a substitute for
armour
 . The word came into
English
  from 0. Fr. coilte, coilte, or coute, mod. couette. This is derived from Lat. culcita or culcitra, a stuffed mattress or cushion. From the form culcitra came O. Fr. cotre or coutre, whence coutre pointe, Low Lat. culcita puncta, i.e. stitched or quilted cushion; this was corrupted to contre pointe, Eng.
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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