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Definition of "feather-beds" [feather-beds]

  • A plant of the genus Chara, so called from the thick and soft mat which these plants form at the bottom of pools in which they grow. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "feather-beds" in a sentence
  • "Some think there were few consumptions in the old world, when men lived much upon milk; and that the ancient inhabitants of this island were less troubled with coughs when they went naked and slept in caves and woods, than men now in chambers and feather-beds."
  • "He breathed like a heavy snorer, and his voice in speaking came thickly forth, as if it were oppressed and stifled by feather-beds."
  • "The room into which the old woman conducted me was so littered up with every sort of rubbish, rags, pillows, feather-beds, sacks, that one could hardly turn round in it."