palliasse/pælˈjɑːs/EtymologyFrench French paillasse, from Old French paille (“straw, chaff”), from Latin palea (“chaff”).palliasse means A thin mattress or under bed stuffed with straw. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 86 out of 100.nounA thin mattress or under bed stuffed with straw.“Out I sallied and spent sixteen shillings of it upon a new palliasse which should go under the straw mattress upon my bed.”