Strawbed

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A mattress made of dry straw in a cloth sack, often used beneath a featherbed or other softer mattress.

    "The lying-in woman was not allowed to lie in bed, but a strawbed was prepared for her on the floor."

  2. 2
    Childbirth. Bahamas

    "An old woman called "Ala Ju" (Mother Julia) walked three miles to get me a sample of the Granny Bush (Croton linearis), whose leaves are steeped and given to women for nine days after childbirth, or "strawbed" as it is termed here."

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pallet

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"The lying-in woman was not allowed to lie in bed, but a strawbed was prepared for her on the floor."

Etymology

From straw + bed.

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