Definitions
A thick pad used on a bed for sleeping or resting.
Word origin
From Middle English materas, from Old French, from Arabic مَطْرَح (maṭraḥ, “place where something is thrown”), from طَرَحَ (ṭaraḥa, “to throw”). Compare divan, from Persian via Turkish (both of Middle Eastern origin, due to the local custom of lying on padding on floor being foreign to Europeans).
Used in a sentence
“Spun glass mattresses are used for lagging the boiler, which has three Ross pop safety valves on the front ring.”
“The boiler and firebox are lagged with a lightweight Fibreglass mattress.”
“A comfortable litter of pine needles had mattressed the ground and spreading branches had been a canopy overhead.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Bed cushion”8 letters
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