paillasse

American  

[pal-yas, pal-yas, pal-ee-as, pal-ee-as] / pælˈyæs, ˈpæl yæs, ˌpæl iˈæs, ˈpæl iˌæs /

Or palliasse

noun

1. Chiefly British. a mattress of straw; pallet.

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paillasse British  

/ ˈpælɪˌæs, ˌpælɪˈæs /

noun

1. a variant spelling (esp US) of palliasse

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Etymology

Origin of paillasse

1500–10; < French < Italian pagliaccio straw pallet, equivalent to pagli ( a ) straw (< Latin palea chaff ) + -accio pejorative noun suffix

Example Sentences

Though you and all your own family may like to sleep hard, your guests may find it difficult to sleep at all on a mattrass with a paillasse under it.

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Every two persons shall have a mattress, a paillasse, two blankets, three pair of new sheets, two coats each, six shirts, four pair of shoes, and one capote.

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He put one n in innuendo, and the i after the lls in paillasse.

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"I shall wait now for the daylight before I go back to work," said the lapidary, seating himself beside his wife's paillasse, and leaning his forehead upon his two hands.

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She put three peas on the young lady's paillasse, and over them a large feather-bed, and then another, then another—in fact, fifteen feather-beds.

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