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pallet noun Makeshift or temporary bedding spread on the floor or ground, such as a blanket or quilt.

1864 Carson CW Letters (Oct 16) I often think of you and them litel Childern when I of [= ought] to bee asleape on my pallet. 1913 Kephart Our Sthn High 239 I lay on a pallet on the floor for over a month. 1949 Kurath Word Geog East US 40 Pallet (29) for an improvised bed is known and used from the western shore of Chesapeake Bay southward, and westward to the mouth of the Kanawha. 1982 Smokies Heritage 67 = a rough bed made on the floor. 2005 Williams Gratitude 512 pallet = a quilt or padding put on the floor to sleep on when all the beds is full.