pallet

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A bed of loose straw.

   Near-synonym: strawbed (mattress sense)

2. 2
   noun

   Any makeshift bedding place.

   Near-synonym: scratcher (slang)

3. 3
   noun

   Archaic form of palette.

   The Old Dragon fled when the wonder he spied, / And cursed his own fruitless endeavor; / While the Painter call'd after his rage to deride, / Shook his pallet and brushes in triumph, and cried, / "I'll paint thee more ugly than ever!"

4. 4
   noun

   One of the pieces or levers connected with the pendulum of a clock, or the balance of a watch, which receive the immediate impulse of the scape-wheel, or balance wheel.

   the swing wheel […]is represented as being locked by one of its teeth on the nib or detent part of the right hand pallet, and the moment when the wheel is unlocked, the tooth at the left hand pallet is ready to press forward and raise up that pallet

5. 5
   noun

   board that provides a flat surface on which artists mix paints and the range of colors used

6. 6
   noun

   a mattress filled with straw or a pad made of quilts

7. 7
   noun

   a hand tool with a flat blade used by potters for mixing and shaping clay

8. 8
   noun

   a portable platform for storing or moving goods that are stacked on it

Etymology

Said to be from Middle English *palet, from Middle French *palet, from Middle French pal (“pale”), ultimately from Latin palla (“a strip of cloth”).