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PILLOW (O. Eng. pylu; Lat. pulvinus, a cushion)

This article appears in Volume V21, Page 611 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: PIG-POL
PILLOW (O. Eng. pylu; Lat. pulvinus, a cushion) ;a support for the head during sleep or rest. The
pillow
  of Western nations is a cushion of linen or other material, stuffed with feathers, down,
hair
  or wool. In the
East
  it is a framework made of bamboo or rattan with a depression in the top to receive the neck; similarly blocks of
wood
  with a concave-shaped top are used by the natives of other countries. The word is found in various technical uses for a
block
  or support, as for a brass bearing for the journal of a
shaft
 , and the like. In architecture the term " pillowed," or
pulvinated," is given to the
frieze
  of an order which bulges out in the centre and is convex in section. It is found in friezes of some of the later works of the Roman school and is common in Italian practice.


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