English

Alternative forms

• palliasse

Noun

paillasse ‎(plural paillasses)

1. (chiefly Britain) An under bed or mattress of straw.
   • 1908, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, The Elusive Pimpernel, ch. 29,

     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.

See also

• pallet

References

• paillasse in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• palliasse

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.jas/

Etymology 1

paille ‎(“straw”) +‎ -asse

Noun

paillasse f ‎(plural paillasses)

1. paillasse, straw mattress
2. laboratory desk

Verb

paillasse

1. first-person singular imperfect subjunctive of pailler

Etymology 2

From Italian pagliaccio, from paglia ‎(“straw”), from Latin palea.

Noun

paillasse m ‎(plural paillasses)

1. clown, buffoon