pillowbeer/ˈpɪləʊˌbɪə/EtymologyFrom earlier pillowbere, from pillow + bear (“pillowcase”), from Middle English bēre (“pillowcase”), from Old English *bera (as in Old English hlēorbera (“cheek-cover”)), of obscure and uncertain origin.nounA pillowcase.“When Zoylus was sicke, he knew not where / Saue his wrought night cap, and laune Pillow-bere:”