Definition of Mattresses

1. Noun. (plural of mattress) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mattresses

1. mattress [n] - See also: mattress

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mattresses

matting
mattings
mattins
mattock
mattocks
mattoids
mattowacca
mattress
mattress cover
mattress pad
mattress suture
mattressed
mattresses
mattresslike
mattressy
matts
matulaite
matur'd
matura
maturable
maturant
maturants
maturate
maturated
maturates
maturating
maturation

Literary usage of Mattresses

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Agriculturist (1848)
"Another object in this communication is, to show that the general adoption of wool mattresses, in this country, would increase the home consumption of our ..."

2. The Improvement of Rivers: A Treatise on the Methods Employed for Improving by Benjamin Franklin Thomas, David Alexander Watt (1913)
"Lumber Mattresses.—In 1897 a novel type of mattress was introduced on the middle portion of the Mississippi River, composed of planking. ..."

3. Pittsburgh Legal Journal by Allegheny County Bar Association (1914)
"Manufacturers shouid not furnish tags for mattresses that have been used. The Act forbids the use of any materiai which may come under the generai ..."

4. Supplement ... to the Public Health Reports by United States Public Health Service (1920)
"That section 1 of the above entitled act [An act to provide for the branding and labeling of mattresses and comforts, and to provide against the use of ..."

5. The Employments of Women: A Cyclopaedia of Woman's Work. By Virginia Penny by Virginia Penny (1863)
"Mattresses. A girl engaged in making mattresses told us they are mostly sewed ... In some factories women sew the mattresses, and boys and men prepare the ..."

6. DeBow's Review ...: Agricultural, Commercial, Industrial Progress & Resources by James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow, R. G. Barnwell, Edwin Q. Bell, William MacCreary Burwell (1853)
"If all our mattresses were made of cotton, what an immense quantity of it would ... From the nature of the material employed, these mattresses are perfectly ..."

7. The Regulation of Rivers by John Lane Van Ornum (1914)
"Before grading the bank above water to receive its stone revetment, it is often advisable to sink the mattresses into place upon the sloping bed which has ..."

8. The Regulation of Rivers by John Lane Van Ornum (1914)
"Before grading the bank above water to receive its stone revetment, it is often advisable to sink the mattresses into place upon the sloping bed which has ..."

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