Mattress vs Paillasse - What's the difference?
mattress | paillasse |
A pad on which a person can recline and sleep, usually having an inner section of coiled springs covered with foam or other cushioning material then enclosed with cloth fabric.
A form of retaining wall used to support foundations or an embankment
(chiefly, British) An under bed or mattress of straw.
* 1908 , , The Elusive Pimpernel , ch. 29,
As nouns the difference between mattress and paillasse
is that mattress is a pad on which a person can recline and sleep, usually having an inner section of coiled springs covered with foam or other cushioning material then enclosed with cloth fabric while paillasse is (chiefly|british) an under bed or mattress of straw.mattress
English
(wikipedia mattress)Noun
(es)Derived terms
* go to the mattresses * mattress cover * mattress pad * mattress topperSee also
* futon * botton sheetAnagrams
* *paillasse
English
Alternative forms
* palliasseNoun
(en noun)- He served the Republic in comfort and ease, and had slept soundly on his paillasse in the little garret allotted to him in the Town Hall.