strawbed
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A mattress made of dry straw in a cloth sack, often used beneath a featherbed or other softer mattress.
noun
Example Sentences
- "The lying-in woman was not allowed to lie in bed, but a strawbed was prepared for her on the floor."
- "To cut down labor pains , put something made of iron or steel between the strawbed and the featherbed."
- "It is very difficult for me to make my strawbed in accordance with military regulations."
- "Molitor escaped and "hid in the strawbed of his French mistress" before inexplicably leaving Germany and "arriving safely" in New York."
- "An old woman called "Ala Ju" (Mother Julia) walked three miles to get me a sample of the Granny Bush (Croton linearis), whose leaves are steeped and given to women for nine days after childbirth, or "strawbed" as it is termed here."
- "It grows profusely in the Bahamas. It is used for "building up men's energy and body" and as a sponge bath for women, "after they come out of strawbed"."