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bedbolster

, bed + bolster.
Searchable Lemmata: bedbolster (OE).
Alternate Forms: beddbolster.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1(n.) Furnishing; pillow; possibly stuffed with feathers.(ante 1100)
1. Plumacius : bedbolster [DOE AntGl 2 (Kindschi) (0758 (755))]
c.f.: bedbolster, bolster, cervical, cervicarium, gobennydd, head-rail, pillow, plumacius, pulvillus, pulvinar, wanger
OE.
Sex: Male, Female    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts:

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, compound of bed + bolster (qqv.). The etymology of the Latin lemma plumacius (q.v.) suggests that it may have been stuffed with feathers or down.
WF: Compound
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