palliasse

pal·liasse

 (păl-yăs′, păl′yăs′)

n.

Variant of paillasse.

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palliasse

(ˈpælɪˌæs; ˌpælɪˈæs) or

paillasse

n

(Furniture) a straw-filled mattress; pallet

[C18: from French paillasse, from Italian pagliaccio, ultimately from Latin palea pallet¹]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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

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Translations

palliasse

n → Strohsack m

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