Tick mattress
Appearance
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A palliasse or tick is a large bag made of strong, stiff material such as canvas, linen or sackcloth. This is then filled with material such as straw, horsehair, wool or feathers to make a mattress.[1]
References
- ^ John Wilson Browne (1884), Hardware: how to buy it for foreign markets, p. 235