palliasse

noun /pælˈjɑːs/

1. A thin mattress or under bed stuffed with straw.

   Out I sallied and spent sixteen shillings of it upon a new palliasse which should go under the straw mattress upon my bed.

Where it comes from

French French paillasse, from Old French paille (“straw, chaff”), from Latin palea (“chaff”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry palliasse (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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