featherbed
See also: feather-bed and feather bed
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featherbed (plural featherbeds)
- A mattress stuffed with feathers.
- (UK, Dartmoor) A bog covered by a layer of moss, presenting a hazard to walkers.
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a mattress stuffed with feathers
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Verb edit
featherbed (third-person singular simple present featherbeds, present participle featherbedding, simple past and past participle featherbedded)
- (transitive) To treat someone with excessive indulgence; to pamper, cosset or mollycoddle.
- (intransitive) To engage in featherbedding; to employ more workers than necessary to fulfill a labor union requirement.