tuffet

English

Etymology

From Old French touffel, diminutive of touffe (“tuft”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

tuffet (plural tuffets)

1. A clump of grass or similar vegetation; a small grass-covered mound.
   • 1805, Songs for the Nursery, page 23:

     Little Miss Muffet, She sat on a tuffet, Eating of curds and whey; There came a little spider, Who sat down beside her, And frighted Miss Muffet away.

2. (furniture) A large cushion which may have an internal frame, used as a low seat or stool.
3. An inflatable cushion serving as landing area for precision accuracy parachuting.

Translations

clump of grass

• Bulgarian: туфа (bg) f (tufa)
• Finnish: mätäs (fi)
• Hungarian: fűcsomó (hu)

low seat or stool

• Bulgarian: ниско столче n (nisko stolče)
• Finnish: rahi (fi)
• Hungarian: puff (hu)

landing area

See also

(stool): footstool, pouffe, hassock, ottoman, tumpty