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pillow-bere arch.|ˈpɪləʊbɪə(r)|
Forms: first element: see pillow; second, 4– -beer, 6–8 bear, (6–7 -beare), 6– -ber, -bier, (6 -beier), 5– -bere: see bear n.4 (Also 7 phillaber, 8 pillyber.)
[f. pillow n. + bear n.4]
= pillow-case.
c1386Chaucer Prol. 694 Ne was ther swich another Pardoner For in his male he hadde a pilwe beer, Which þat he seyde, was oure lady veyl. 1480Wardr. Acc. Edw. IV (1830) 131 Pilowe beres off fustian unstuffed iiij. 1503in Calr. Doc. rel. Scotl. (1888) IV. 341 [For the Queen of Scots..] 2 ‘pilloberes’ [of an ell long, at 2 s. an ell]. 1519Maldon, Essex, Liber B. lf. 160 (MS.), iiii pillows, iiii pillow⁓bers, ii coverletts. 1558Lanc. Wills (1857) I. 176 Sixteyne pillew beares. 1561Hollybush Hom. Apoth. 25 Putte thys into a softe sack or pilow bier. 1564Wills & Inv. N.C. (Surtees) II. 219 A pilleber having Iesus sued vpon ytt. 1566Eng. Ch. Furniture (1866) 81 A crosse crosse (sic) clothe, a pillowe beier, were sold the yeare 1560. 1598Marston Pygmal. viii. 125 And makes him wish for such a Pillow⁓beare [rime appear]. 1640in McDowall Hist. Dumfries (1867) 405 Hollond shirts and phillabers..damask table-cloths. 1683in Bedfordshire N. & Q. (1889) II. 236, I giue to my goddaughter a pair of fine pillowbears. 1743Phil. Trans. XLII. 366 Numbers of Pillows, each with its Pillow-bier. 1771Smollett Humph. Cl. 2 Apr. Let. iii, Take care of..the pillyber. 1776Anstey Election Ball Wks. (1808) 222 An obstinate bolster Which I think I have seen you attempting, my dear, In vain to cram into a small pillowbeer. 1885Edna Lyall In Golden Days II. x. 211 A pillow-beer—friend of many a weary journey—lay hard by. |