palliasse
English
Alternative forms
- paillasse
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /pælˈjɑːs/, /ˈpæljas/, /ˌpælɪˈɑːs/, /ˈpælɪˌas/
Noun
palliasse (plural palliasses)
- (chiefly, British) A thin mattress or under bed stuffed with straw.
- 1895, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Stark Munro Letters, ch. 12,
- Out I sallied and spent sixteen shillings of it upon a new palliasse which should go under the straw mattress upon my bed.
- 1979 — Tom Stoppard. Undiscovered Country.
- First Hiker. Not even a straw mattress to cling to?
Rosenstock. Not even a palliasse.
- First Hiker. Not even a straw mattress to cling to?
- 1895, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Stark Munro Letters, ch. 12,
References
- "palliasse" at OneLook® Dictionary Search.
- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
Anagrams
- paillasse
French
Pronunciation
- Homophones: palliasses, palliassent
Verb
palliasse
- first-person singular imperfect subjunctive of pallier