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Definition of palliasse noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

palliasse

noun

/ˈpæliæs/

/pælˈjæs/

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a cloth bag filled with straw, used for sleeping on synonym pallet
Word Originearly 16th cent. (originally Scots): from French paillasse, based on Latin palea ‘straw’.

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