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prettygoodword ([personal profile] prettygoodword) wrote2007-08-21 07:35 am

futon

futon - n., a thin mattress of layers of cotton batting placed on a floor or on a raised, foldable frame.


Plural futon or futons. Traditional Japanese bedding, which was not on a frame as typical in the west, but folded and stored in a closet during the day. From Japanese 布団 (pronounced ふとん), from Middle Chinese phu + thuan, meaning something on the lines of round bedquilt.

---L.