palliasse

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /pælˈjɑːs/, /ˈpæljas/, /ˌpælɪˈɑːs/, /ˈpælɪˌas/

Noun

palliasse (plural palliasses)

  1. (chiefly, British) A thin mattress or under bed stuffed with straw.
    • 1895, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, chapter 12, in The Stark Munro Letters:
      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., (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      First Hiker. Not even a straw mattress to cling to?
      Rosenstock. Not even a palliasse.
    • 1969, Dad's Army S03E02 You see that pile of straw over there? With it you stuff your palliasse.

References

  • “palliasse”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.

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Verb

palliasse

  1. first-person singular imperfect subjunctive of pallier
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