Definition of "palliasse" []

• Variant of paillasse. (noun)

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• "Double tier wooden bunks have been placed in the various rooms, with a palliasse and two blankets per man."
• "The double tiered wooden bunks have a palliasse and one blanket per man."
• "Elis ground angry fists in the rustling straw of their palliasse, and heaved himself round in the bed."