Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Featherbedding. Featherbedding is the practice of hiring more workers than are needed to perform a given job, or to adopt work procedures which appear pointless, complex and time-consuming merely to employ additional workers. [1] The term "make-work" is sometimes used as a synonym for featherbedding. The term "featherbedding" is usually used by ...
A feather-filled tick is called a featherbed, and a down-filled one is a downbed; these can also be used above the sleeper as a duvet. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] A tick mattress (or a pile of such tick mattresses, softest topmost sheets, bedcovers, and pillows) was what Europeans traditionally called a "bed".
the joint between the handle and the blade of a bat; the weakest part of the bat. If the ball hits the splice it is likely to dolly up for an easy catch. 1. of a position on the field, perpendicular to the line of the pitch; the opposite of fine. 2. the area in the middle of the ground where the pitches are prepared.
Germany. Published in. Grimm's Fairy Tales. " Frau Holle " (/ ˌfraʊ ˈhɒl / HOL; also known as " Mother Holle ", " Mother Hulda " or " Old Mother Frost ") is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Children's and Household Tales in 1812 (KHM 24). It is of Aarne-Thompson type 480.
Could It Be Magic. " Could It Be Magic " is a song written by Adrienne Anderson and composed by American singer-songwriter Barry Manilow, inspired by Frédéric Chopin 's Prelude in C minor, Opus 28, Number 20. The song was initially released in 1971 by Featherbed (a group of session musicians featuring Barry Manilow), produced and co-written ...
A bed with a duvet. A duvet (UK: / ˈ d uː v eɪ / DOO-vay, US: / d uː ˈ v eɪ / doo-VAY; [1] [2] from French duvet 'down'), usually called a comforter or (down-filled) quilt in American English, [3] [4] [5] and a doona in Australian English, [6] is a type of bedding consisting of a soft flat bag filled with either down, feathers, wool, cotton, silk, or a synthetic alternative, and is ...
Featherbed frame. 1950s-era Manx Norton styled replica built for the 1990s named Manxman, using a replica Featherbed frame constructed to special order by BSA [1] The featherbed frame was a motorcycle frame invented by the McCandless brothers and offered to the British Norton motorcycle company to improve the performance of their racing ...
Featherbed (disambiguation) A tick mattress is a large bag made of strong, stiff, tightly-woven material. Featherbed may also refer to: A type of mattress topper filled with feathers and/or down; see bed base for history. A featherbed bog, a type of peatland forming in particular conditions. The featherbed frame, a type of motorcycle frame ...