featherbed
See also: feather-bed and feather bed
English
Etymology
From feather + bed.
Noun
featherbed (plural featherbeds)
- A mattress stuffed with feathers
- (Britain, Dartmoor) A bog covered by a layer of moss, presenting a hazard to walkers.
Alternative forms
- feather bed
Translations
a mattress stuffed with feathers
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Verb
featherbed (third-person singular simple present featherbeds, present participle featherbedding, simple past and past participle featherbedded)
- (transitive) To treat someone with excessive indulgence; to pamper, cosset or mollycoddle
Alternative forms
- feather-bed
Translations
to pamper, cosset or mollycoddle
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