English Dictionary

strawbed

noun

A mattress made of dry straw in a cloth sack, often used beneath a featherbed or other softer mattress. / (Bahamas) Childbirth.

I slept on a strawbed when I visited my grandparents' farm.

意味（1）

A mattress made of dry straw in a cloth sack, often used beneath a featherbed or other softer mattress.

The lying-in woman was not allowed to lie in bed, but a strawbed was prepared for her on the floor.

意味（2）

(Bahamas) Childbirth.

An old woman called Ala Ju (Mother Julia) walked three miles to get me a sample of the Granny Bush (Croton linearis), whose leaves are steeped and given to women for nine days after childbirth, or strawbed as it is termed here.