cushion

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A soft bag filled with material, used to sit or lie on for comfort.

   She put a cushion behind her back on the sofa.

2. 2
   verb

   To reduce the force of an impact, blow, or shock.

   The thick grass cushioned her fall.

From Middle English quysshyn, from later Old French coissin (modern coussin), from Vulgar Latin *coxīnus (“seat pad”), derived from Latin coxa (“hip, thigh”) (with the suffix possibly after Latin pulvīnus (“pillow”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *koḱs- (“joint, limb”).

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