palliasse

/ ˌpælɪˈæs; ˈpælɪˌæs /

noun

C18: from French paillasse, from Italian pagliaccio, ultimately from Latin palea pallet ¹

That night he slept on a palliasse of straw, with a pillow consisting of a thin bolster propped on his outer clothes.

He tossed wearily, drearily, on his unyielding palliasse, driven to a realization of his own utter impotence.

The Stable having been duly invited, its eight occupants come in, and each finds a place on a palliasse.

Soon everyone in the coach-house is settled on his palliasse, and has invited a Stable Cub to share it with him.

So Akela curled up on someone's palliasse, and silence fell.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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