feather bed

noun

a mattress or a bed cover, as a quilt, stuffed with soft feathers.

Origin of feather bed

before 1000; Middle English, Old English

Words nearby feather bed

feast or famine, feast-or-famine, feat, feather, feather banding, feather bed, feather duster, feather geranium, feather grass, feather in one's cap, feather in one's cap, a

British Dictionary definitions for feather bed

feather bed

noun

a mattress filled with feathers or down

verb featherbed -beds, -bedding or -bedded

(tr) to pamper; spoil
(intr) US to be subject to or engage in featherbedding