1. n.1 a straw mattress.
2 a mean or makeshift bed.
Etymology: ME pailet, paillet f. AF paillete straw f. OF paille f. L palea 2. n.1 a flat wooden blade with a handle, used in ceramics to shape clay.
2 PALETTE.
3 a portable platform for transporting and storing loads.
4 a projection transmitting motion from an escapement to a pendulum etc.
5 a projection on a machine-part, serving to change the mode of motion of a wheel.
Derivatives:
palletize v.tr. (also -ise) (in sense 3).
Etymology: F palette: see PALETTE