noun
- Plural of paillasse; straw mattresses or thin mattresses filled with straw or similar material.
Usage: chiefly British; often used in historical or institutional contexts
Examples
- The soldiers slept on paillasses in the barracks.
- The old inn provided simple paillasses for its guests.
- Prison cells were furnished with nothing but paillasses and blankets.
- She remembered the scratchy paillasses from her childhood at boarding school.