pallet1
¦ noun
1. a straw mattress.
2. a crude or makeshift bed.
Origin
ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. paillete, from paille 'straw'.
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pallet2
¦ noun
1. a portable platform on which goods can be moved, stacked, and stored.
2. a flat wooden blade with a handle, used to shape clay or plaster.
3. an artist's palette.
4. a projection on a machine part, serving to change the mode of motion of a wheel.
(in a clock or watch) a projection transmitting motion from an escapement to a pendulum or balance wheel.
Derivatives
palleted adjective
palletize or palletise verb
Origin
ME: from Fr. palette 'little blade', from L. pala 'spade'.
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pallet3
¦ noun Heraldry a narrow vertical strip usually borne in groups of two or three.
Origin