pulvinus.
cushion/pillow; raised bed of earth; raised border; bath back; platform/socket;
Meaning & usage
a cushion, pillow, bolster to sit or lie upon
a seat of honor
things resembling a pillow: an elevated piece of arable land, a raised bed or border, bank
things resembling a pillow: a support of bricks, to cover the joint between the walls and floor of a barn
things resembling a pillow: a structure of stone inside water, upon which to erect a pillar
things resembling a pillow: a sandbank
things resembling a pillow: a projecting part of a catapult
Where this word comes from
From the nominalization of earlier *polwiznos, with compensatory lengthening; by surface analysis, pulvis (“dust, powder”, oblique stem pulver-) + -nus (adjective-forming suffix), for the filler of a pillow.
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