Meaning

2 senses
  1. A mattress made of dry straw in a cloth sack, often used beneath a featherbed or other softer mattress.

  2. (Bahamas)Childbirth.

Origin

From straw + bed.

From straw + bed.

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Forms

plural: strawbeds

Word family

1 related words
Relatedbedstraw

See also

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