palliasse
/ˈpalɪas
/(also paillasse)
noun
A straw mattress.Then piling up all the rest of the furniture, the mattresses, palliasses and chairs, he stopped up the windows as one does when assailed by an enemy....
- There were two chamber pots between 1000 men and there were 4 kilometres of corridors along which the wounded, sick and dying lay on straw palliasses, their filthy greatcoats their only blanket.
- The ground in our particular spot is very hard & after our palliasses in Trentham & on the boat we all find it rather uncomfortable at present.
Origin
Early 16th century (originally Scots): from French paillasse, based on Latin palea 'straw'.
- occipital condyle
- occipital lobe
- occipitally
- occipital muscle
- occipito-
- occipitoanterior
- occipitoatlantal
- occipito-atloid
- occipitoaxial
- occipitofrontal
- occipitofrontalis
- occipitomastoid
- occipitomental
- occipito-otic
- occipitoparietal
- occipitoposterior
- occipitotemporal
- occiput
- Occitan
- Occitanian
- Occitanic
- occlude
- occluded front
- occludent
- occluder