1. beds filled with feathers for softness and warmth

1. to provide with unnecessary employees or easy working conditions
Usage: business

Examples

• The luxury hotel provided guests with comfortable featherbeds.
• Grandmother’s featherbeds were passed down through generations.
• The union was accused of trying to featherbed the department.
• Management refused to featherbed positions during the restructuring.
• Old-fashioned featherbeds required regular fluffing.
• The company featherbeds its executives with generous benefits.