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‖ futon
(ˈfuːtɒn, ‖ huton)
[Jap.]
A Japanese bed-quilt.
1876Trans. Asiatic Soc. Japan IV. 172 Those..who..are tired of tinned meats and live futons. 1886E. S. Morse Jap. Homes 212 The futons, or comforters, are..hung over the balcony rail to air. 1891Chamberlain & Mason Handbk. Japan 8 Beds are still rare; but good quilts (futon) are laid down on the mats. 1959Encounter Jan. 20/2 Their futon—the wadded quilt stuffed with cotton-wool which serves the Japanese for a bed.
Add: Also futong |-ɒŋ|. Hence, any thin mattress or low-lying bed deriving from or resembling the Japanese original.
1972N.Y. Times 11 June x. 18/5 Beds are quilt-like puffs called futongs stored in a closet until night when they are unfolded on the tatami mat floor. 1974K. Millett Flying v. 477 His mother came upstairs to help me measure for a new futong. 1984J. Dentinger First Hit of Season vii. 46 An empty vodka bottle stood on the floor by the futon sofa. 1986Artseen Dec. 19/2 They fall onto the stripped-pine futon. |