bamboo wife

English

a bamboo wife

Etymology

Calque from Chinese 竹夫人 (zhúfūrén).

Noun

bamboo wife (plural bamboo wives)

1. 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

• Dutch wife

Translations

bamboo tube for use in bed — see Dutch wife

Further reading

• bamboo wife on Wikipedia.Wikipedia