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paillasse

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pail⋅lasse

  [pal-yas, pal-yas, pal-ee-as, pal-ee-as]
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–noun
Chiefly British. a mattress of straw; pallet.
Also, palliasse.

Origin:
1500–10; < F < It pagliaccio straw pallet, equiv. to pagli(a) straw (< L palea chaff) + -accio pejorative n. suffix
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pail·lasse also pal·liasse   (pāl-yās', pāl'yās')   
n.  A thin mattress filled with straw or sawdust.

[French, from Old French, from paille, straw, from Late Latin palea, from Latin, chaff.]
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