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2. Tick mattress - Wikipedia

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   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".

3. Featherbedding - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

4. Featherbed frame - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

5. Mattress - Wikipedia

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   Mattress. Two-sided, innerspring pillow-top mattress on box-spring foundation with a woven damask cover also called a mattress sheet. A mattress is a large, usually rectangular pad for supporting a lying person. It is designed to be used as a bed, or on a bed frame as part of a bed. Mattresses may consist of a quilted or similarly fastened case ...

6. Bed - Wikipedia

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   A bed is an item of furniture that is used as a place to sleep, rest, and relax. [1][2] Most modern beds consist of a soft, cushioned mattress on a bed frame. The mattress rests either on a solid base, often wood slats, or a sprung base. Many beds include a box spring inner-sprung base, which is a large mattress-sized box containing wood and ...

7. Duvet - Wikipedia

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   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 ...