palliasse

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Soon everyone in the coach-house is settled on his palliasse, and has invited a Stable Cub to share it with him.

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  • Quickly I flashed my everlamp on and off once to imprint the layout onto my retina and I headed for my palliasse, feeling my way. —  Asimov's Science Fiction, March 2002
  • He hid the wallet with the sigil under his palliasse, which was closest to the outer door so he could sneak out easily at night, then went down the corridor to the necessarium. —  Julian, May - Boreal Moon 01 - Conqueror's Moon
  • He felt beneath his palliasse, finding the wrapped book and the sigil inside his wallet just as he had left them. —  Julian, May - Boreal Moon 01 - Conqueror's Moon
  • As in army camp training, my bed would be a palliasse stored under a long writing table above which there would be a large, low-hanging, electric lantern. —  Orangeville
  • Then he flung himself down and crawled to his retreat behind the palliasse, convinced that the cry was in the voice of Sikkem Bruce His sufferings were well-nigh unendurable. —  The Forfeit
 

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/pælˈɪæs/
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