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mattress

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mattress
1. a woven mat of brushwood, poles, etc., used to protect an embankment, dyke, etc., from scour
2. Civil engineering another name for blinding
mattress [′ma·trəs]
(civil engineering)
A woven mat, often of wire and cement blocks, used to prevent erosion of dikes, jetties, or river banks.
mattress
A layer or slab of concrete, laid directly on the ground, which acts as a footing or the like.
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Under the mattress there was nothing but the metal netting, which could not conceal anything or anybody.
The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Leroux, Gaston View in context
I now marvel at the patience of the students while sleeping upon the floor while waiting for some kind of a bedstead to be constructed, or at their sleeping without any kind of a mattress while waiting for something that looked like a mattress to be made.
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Rather than look for better quarters I lay down on the mattress without removing my clothing and fell asleep.
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