Pillow
Pillow , noun
[Old English pilwe, Anglo-Saxon pyle, from Latin pilvinus.]
1.
Anything used to support the head of a person when reposing; especially, a sack or case filled with feathers, down, hair, or other soft material.
[Resty sloth] finds the down pillow hard.
2.
(Machinery) A piece of metal or wood, forming a support to equalize pressure; a brass; a pillow block. [Rare]
3.
(Nautical) A block under the inner end of a bowsprit.
4.
A kind of plain, coarse fustian.
Collocations (7)
Lace pillow , a cushion used in making hand-wrought lace.
Pillow bier , a pillowcase; pillow slip. [Obsolete] — Chaucer
Pillow block (Machinery) , a block, or standard, for supporting a journal, as of a shaft. It is usually bolted to the frame or foundation of a machine, and is often furnished with journal boxes, and a movable cover, or cap, for tightening the bearings by means of bolts; -- called also pillar block, or plumber block.
Pillow lace , handmade lace wrought with bobbins upon a lace pillow.
Pillow of a plow , a crosspiece of wood which serves to raise or lower the beam.
Pillow sham , an ornamental covering laid over a pillow when not in use.
Pillow slip , a pillowcase.
Pillow , transitive verb
To rest or lay upon, or as upon, a pillow; to support; as, to pillow the head.
Pillows his chin upon an orient wave.