feather bed

American  

noun

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

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feather bed British  

noun

1. a mattress filled with feathers or down

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verb

1. (tr) to pamper; spoil

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

Etymology

Origin of feather bed

before 1000; Middle English, Old English

Example Sentences

Serenading the car in the movie’s earworm, Oscar-nominated title song, she sings, “You’re sleek as a thoroughbred / Your seats are a feather bed / You’ll turn everybody’s head today.”

From Washington Post • Dec. 23, 2021

Guided tours take visitors through the antiques-filled parlor, the dining room and the master bedroom, comfortably appointed with a canopied feather bed and a commode masquerading as an easy chair.

From New York Times • Jan. 7, 2017

Each song tosses another blanket atop a feather bed, another log on a fire, a series of stories to send the imagination drifting as winter closes in.

From Chicago Tribune • Nov. 18, 2011

If your guest room mattress is the oldest in the house, Sonfield says, consider getting a bed topper to make it more comfortable, possibly a memory foam or feather bed model.

From Washington Post

Darkness swallowed the feather bed and its two occupants, and filled every comer of the chamber.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin