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late 13c., from O.Fr. materas, from It. materasso, from M.L. matracium, borrowed in Sicily from Arabic al-matrah "the cushion" (cf. Sp. almadraque"mattress"), lit. "the thing thrown down," from taraha "he threw (down)."

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