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Tuffet

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A clump of grass or similar vegetation; a small grass-covered mound.

    "Little Miss Muffet, She sat on a tuffet, Eating of curds and whey; There came a little spider, Who sat down beside her, And frighted Miss Muffet away."

  2. 2
    a low seat or a stool to rest the feet of a seated person wordnet
  3. 3
    A large cushion which may have an internal frame, used as a low seat or stool.
  4. 4
    An inflatable cushion serving as landing area for precision accuracy parachuting.

Etymology

From Old French touffel, diminutive of touffe (“tuft”). Regarding etymological and semantic uncertainty, see Wikipedia at Little Miss Muffet § Tuffet and §§ Uncertain meaning.

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