palliasse
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of palliasse
C18: from French paillasse, from Italian pagliaccio, ultimately from Latin palea pallet 1
Example Sentences
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Her reader fell asleep soon afterward and, dropping her candle, set fire to the palliasse and bedclothes.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was nothing special as Sparra habitations went: a straw palliasse, some butterfly wings stuck to the wall by way of decoration.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
The Stable having been duly invited, its eight occupants come in, and each finds a place on a palliasse.
From Stories of the Saints by Candle-Light by Barclay, Vera C. (Vera Charlesworth)
I could hear the sergeant-major snoring comfortably on the straw palliasse he had managed to "commandeer" for himself.
From Pushed and the Return Push by Nichols, George Herbert Fosdike
Then we went to bed—to palliasse rather, for two big bags filled with straw were laid down for us, and we turned in, or rather on.
From Fragments of an Autobiography by Moscheles, Felix
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