A bed filled with feathers or down feathers, providing soft comfort; or to pamper someone excessively with comfort and privileges.
Compound of 'feather' (from Old English 'fether') and 'bed' (from Old English 'bedd'). Originally meant a literal bed stuffed with feathers; later extended to mean pampering someone.
Medieval featherbeds were luxury items—only the wealthy could afford beds stuffed with goose down, so 'featherbed' became slang for pampering yourself in comfort and privileges!
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