A palliasse is another name for straw mattress.
Paillasse (from the french word 'paille', straw).
Paillasse (from the french word 'paille', straw).
A paillasse is a bed or mattress made out of straw.
A palliasse is a thin mattress or underbed stuffed with straw.
Where do you keep all your crops? Do you have any Straw?
In medieval Europe a peasant would sleep on a simple mattress filled with straw.
An over priced, name brand, (memory) foam mattress.
A synonym for a piece of straw could be a stalk or a reed.
Barley straw in German is called "Gerstenstroh."
it was named
It means go to bed. Mattresses were once stuffed with hay or straw, so the image is of you flopping down on your mattress and "hitting" the hay.
A double mattress is the other term used in reference to a full sized mattress or standard size mattress. It measures 54 inches wide and 75 inches long.