MATTRESS

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A quilted bed; a bed stuffed with hair, moss, or other suitable material, and quilted or otherwise fastened. [Written also matress.]

2.
n.

A mass of interwoven brush, poles, etc., to protect a bank from being worn away by currents or waves.


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