feather bed

noun

1. a mattress or a bed cover, as a quilt, stuffed with soft feathers.

feather bed

noun

1. a mattress filled with feathers or down

verb

1. (tr) to pamper; spoil

2. (intr) to be subject to or engage in featherbedding

Word History and Origins

Origin of feather bed¹

before 1000; Middle English, Old English

Example Sentences

Always, our trips would end with us on the softest of imaginary feather beds, lying side by side, savoring all the delights we’d experienced.

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“I had my blankets on and my feather bed and my comforter and all of that, and I was still freezing to death,” he said.

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But always quick to laugh in interviews, she added: "I can also sleep on a feather bed."

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Taryn and I hear things, even if no one means for us to—stories of humans sleeping on stone floors and eating refuse, believing themselves to be resting on feather beds and supping on delicacies.

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Who knows if I will ever lie in a feather bed again?

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