Definitions for paillasse

paillasse pail·lasse

Spelling: [pal-yas, pal-yas, pal-ee-as, pal-ee-as
IPA: /pælˈyæs, ˈpæl yæs, ˌpæl iˈæs, ˈpæl iˌæs/

Paillasse is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 324 anagrams from letters in paillasse (aaeillpss).

Definitions for paillasse

noun

  1. Chiefly British. a mattress of straw; pallet.

Origin of paillasse

1500-10; French Italian pagliaccio straw pallet, equivalent to pagli(a) straw (Latin palea chaff) + -accio pejorative noun suffix

Examples for paillasse

The next moment she had pushed it between the paillasse and mattress of Susy's bed.

He sprang with one bound to the paillasse, and withdrew from it the stiffened form of an infant four years old, dead and cold.

Raising one of the blinds cautiously, he recognized the little suburb of paillasse.

But this proves to be the note of paillasse, a merry-andrew.

Old Kapus had been put to bed on his paillasse in the next room and Elsa was all alone in the small living-room.

paillasse, pa-lyas′, n. a small bed, originally made of chaff or straw: an under mattress of straw.

And there are entries relating to everything between a violin and a paillasse, a brass fender and a blue beaver coat.

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