strawbed

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A mattress made of dry straw in a cloth sack, often used beneath a featherbed or other softer mattress.
    — The lying-in woman was not allowed to lie in bed, but a strawbed was prepared for her on the floor.
  2. Childbirth. Bahamas
    — 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.

词形变化

strawbeds plural straw-bed alternative straw bed alternative

词汇关系

相关词
bedstraw

词源

From straw + bed.
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