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.

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

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