paillasse

noun
/pælˈjɑːs/UK

Etymology

From French, from paille (“straw”).

Definitions

  1. An under bed or mattress of straw.

    • He served the Republic in comfort and ease, and had slept soundly on his paillasse in the little garret allotted to him in the Town Hall.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for paillasse. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA