Obs.–0 [a. OF. contrepointer (in 15th c. also coutepoincter) to quilt, f. contrepointe, etc. sb.: see prec.
In French this vb. has run together with an original word contre-pointer to set point against point, add the counterpoint in music, point a battery against another, cross, thwart, etc.: see Cotgr. and Littré.]
To quilt by stitching together two pieces of cloth with an intervening layer of padding.
1598. Florio, Imbottire, to stuffe, to quilt, to bumbase or counterpoint.
1599. Minsheu, Sp. Dict. Contrapuntear, to counterpoint.
