strawbed

Etymology

From straw + bed.

strawbed means A mattress made of dry straw in a cloth sack, often used beneath a featherbed or other softer mattress. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.

noun

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.”
Childbirth.“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.”