featherbed
Noun

featherbed (plural featherbeds)

  1. A mattress stuffed with feathers.
  2. (UK, Dartmoor) A bog covered by a layer of moss, presenting a hazard to walkers.
Translations Verb

featherbed (featherbeds, present participle featherbedding; past and past participle featherbedded)

  1. (transitive) To treat someone with excessive indulgence; to pamper, cosset or mollycoddle.
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