straw tick

Japanese Meaning

藁などを詰めた、粗い綿素材や粗悪材で作られたベッド用マットレス。 / （また、）空のマットレスバッグを指す場合がある。

The old straw tick in the attic smelled faintly of hay, but still offered a surprisingly comfortable night's sleep.

屋根裏の古い粗布で作られ藁を詰めたマットレスはわずかに干し草の匂いがしたが、それでも驚くほど快適な一夜の眠りを提供してくれた。

Sense（1）

A bed mattress made from a coarse cotton material, or shoddy, and filled with (usually) straw.

Sense（2）

Also used to refer to the empty mattress bag.

A straw tick was as important to a bed as the feather.

A feather bed was good forever, but the life of a straw tick was from thrashing to thrashing.

straw ticks

（ plural ）