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Definition of Tuffet
1. Noun. A low seat or a stool to rest the feet of a seated person.
Definition of Tuffet
1. Noun. A clump of grass or similar vegetation. ¹
2. Noun. (furniture) A large cushion which may have an internal frame, used as a low seat or stool. ¹
3. Noun. An inflatable cushion serving as landing area for precision accuracy parachuting. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tuffet
1. a clump of grass [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tuffet
Literary usage of Tuffet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1898)
"Oh, yes,— who sat on a tuffet. Well, then, now 's my chance to ask you about
something that has always puzzled me tremendously. What is a tuffet ? ..."
2. A Second Reader by Clarence Franklin Carroll, Sarah Catherine Brooks (1910)
"Find a tuffet. Do you know what a tuffet is? One of the girls must be Miss Muffet.
She must sit down on the tuffet. Give her a bowl. "What is in the bowl? ..."
3. St. Nicholas Book of Plays & Operettas (1900)
"Oh, yes—who sat on a tuffet. Well, then, now 's my chance to ask you about ...
What is a tuffet T Miss MUFFET. [Jumping up from her stool and placing it ..."
4. The Natural Method Readers.: A Primer- Reader by Hannah Theresa McManus, John Henry Haaren (1914)
"Little Miss Muffet was sitting on a tuffet. It was a little tuffet. ... He sat
on the tuffet beside Miss Muffet. He frightened her away. ..."
5. Publications by English Dialect Society (1882)
"tuffet, a tuft ; always so pronounced, ' A tuffet of grass.' ' Little Misa Muffet
Sat on a tuffet.' Torn. ' I Ve had a smartish bout of it this turn,' ie ..."
6. A First Reader by Clarence Franklin Carroll, Sarah Catherine Brooks (1911)
"Find a tuffet. Do you know what a tuffet is? One of the girls must be Miss Muffet.
She must sit down on the tuffet. Give her a bowl. "What is in the bowl? ..."
7. Society and Prisons by Thomas Mott Osborne (1916)
"After reminding his readers of the historical fact that Little Miss Muffet Sat
on a tuffet, the author remarks: "Perhaps some of you would like to know what ..."
8. Society and Prisons by Thomas Mott Osborne (1916)
"After reminding his readers of the historical fact that Little Miss Muffet Sat
on a tuffet, the author remarks: "Perhaps some of you would like to know what ..."
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