palliasse

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pal·liasse (p

l-y

, p

)

Variant of paillasse.

palliasse esp US, paillasse [ˈpælɪˌæs ˌpælɪˈæs]

(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Furniture) a straw-filled mattress; pallet

[from French paillasse, from Italian pagliaccio, ultimately from Latin palea pallet¹]

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Noun

palliasse - mattress consisting of a thin pad filled with straw or sawdust

paillasse

mattress - a large thick pad filled with resilient material and often incorporating coiled springs, used as a bed or part of a bed

Translations

palliasse

n → Strohsack m

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mattress paillasse			An 86-year-old man named Mickey Kavanagh told me many years ago how he had been collared by Hickey at the age of eight, after setting fire to a palliasse in Richmond Row. TALES FROM THE PAST by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England) Each man was issued with his blankets and sufficient straw to fill a palliasse. Clarence Tasman Mummery MC by Bragge, Beverley / Sabretache Then -- and it's here that the dresser comes into its own -- at bedtime all you have to do is put down a few straw palliasses on the floor, behind the dresser, for the girls and grandmother to sleep on -- private like. saturday THOUGHT by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)			palladous pallah Pallas Pallas Athena Pallas Athene Pallas's cat pallas's sandgrouse pallasite pallbearer pallescent pallet pallet knife pallet truck palletization palletize palletized load system palletized load system flatrack palletized unit load pallette pallia pallial Pallial chamber Pallial sinus Palliament Palliard palliasse palliate Palliation palliative Palliatory pallid pallid bat pallidity Pallidly Pallidness pallidum Palliobranchiata Palliobranchiate Pallissy pallium pallograph Pallone pallor pally pally up palm Palm Bay Palm Beach palm borers Palm cabbage palm cat			palletizes palletizes palletizing palletizing Pallets Pallets Pallets in Queue pallette pallette Pallette knife PALLGU Palli Aike Palli Karma Sahayak Foundation pallia pallia pallia pallial pallial pallial pallial artery Pallial chamber Pallial chamber pallial line pallial nerve Pallial sinus Pallial sinus Palliament Palliard palliase palliase palliasse palliasses palliate palliate palliate palliated palliated palliated palliates palliates palliates palliating palliating palliating palliation palliation palliation palliations palliations palliations palliative palliative palliative palliative Palliative Bone Seeking Radiopharmaceuticals Palliative Cancer Therapy Palliative care Palliative care Palliative care Palliative care Palliative care

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