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Definition of Paillasses
1. paillasse [n] - See also: paillasse
Lexicographical Neighbors of Paillasses
Literary usage of Paillasses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Crimean commission and the Chelsea board: Being a Review of the by Alexander Murray Tulloch (1880)
"paillasses. Though the Board have expressed an opinion against the possibility
of these being of service to the men, few I apprehend who are aware of the ..."
2. Scenes of Commerce, by Land and Sea; Or, "Where Does it Come From?" Answered by Isaac Taylor (1839)
"paillasses AND MATTRESSES. " The first thing laid upon the bedstead, on which we
repose, is the PAILLASSE, or straw bed, as its name, borrowed from our ..."
3. The United Service Magazine by Arthur William Alsager Pollock (1856)
"paillasses. " The vessels before referred to, which arrived about the middle and
end of November, had also brought 31450 paillasses to protect the soldier ..."
4. A Manual of Ambulance Transport by Thomas Longmore, William Albert Morris (1893)
"It was found in each instance necessary to employ five persons, including- the
beam's who had carried them, to effect the transfer of the paillasses and ..."
5. A History of the Formation and Development of the Volunteer Infantry: From by Robert Potter Berry (1903)
"Straw for bedding or paillasses. 1 truss of 36-lbs. per two men with paillasses.
... With paillasses the straw should last 16 days, and should then be ..."
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