- feather bed
- noun Date: before 12th century 1. a feather mattress 2. a bed having a feather mattress
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
feather bed
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Feather bed — Feather Feath er (f[e^][th] [ e]r), n. [OE. fether, AS. fe[eth]er; akin to D. veder, OHG. fedara, G. feder, Icel. fj[ o][eth]r, Sw. fj[ a]der, Dan. fj[ae]der, Gr. ptero n wing, feather, pe tesqai to fly, Skr. pattra wing, feather, pat to fly, and … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
feather-bed — ˌfeather ˈbed f10 [feather bed feather beds feather bedded feather bedding] verb ( dd )feather bed sb/sth (BrE … Useful english dictionary
feather bed — ► NOUN ▪ a bed with a mattress stuffed with feathers. ► VERB (feather bed) ▪ provide with excessively favourable economic or working conditions … English terms dictionary
feather bed — n. a strong cloth container thickly filled with feathers or down, used as a mattress … English World dictionary
feather bed — noun a mattress stuffed with feathers • Syn: ↑featherbed • Hypernyms: ↑mattress * * * noun Etymology: Middle English fetherbed, from fether feather + bed ( … Useful english dictionary
feather-bed — to grant excessive indulgence towards The derivation possibly comes from the Rock Island Railroad whose train crews complained of hard bunks and were thereupon asked if they wanted feather beds (Holt, 1961). A feather bed soldier in… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
feather bed — noun a bed with a mattress stuffed with feathers. verb (feather bed) provide with excessively favourable economic or working conditions … English new terms dictionary
feather bed — feather mattress, bed having a feather mattress … English contemporary dictionary
feather bed — a mattress or a bed cover, as a quilt, stuffed with soft feathers. [bef. 1000; ME, OE] * * * … Universalium
feather bed — feath′er bed′ n. a mattress stuffed with soft feathers • Etymology: bef. 1000 … From formal English to slang
