bamboo wife
English
editEtymology
editCalque from Chinese 竹夫人 (zhúfūrén).
Noun
editbamboo wife (plural bamboo wives)
- In East Asia and Southeast Asia, a hollow bamboo bolster roughly the size of a human body, embraced by a person while sleeping during hot weather because its open structure exposes the body to cooling air flow.
Synonyms
editTranslations
editbamboo tube for use in bed — see Dutch wife
Further reading
edit- bamboo wife on Wikipedia.Wikipedia