All 14 Uses of
pallet
in
Lonesome Dove
- July had initially supposed that was where they would put the boy, but, in fact, Elmira had put them in the sleeping loft and assigned the boy a pallet on the floor.†
Chpt 26-27
- Joe put his rope over by his pallet.†
Chpt 26-27
- Once he had accidentally touched her, turning on the pallet they slept on, and she had stiffened.†
Chpt 28-29
- "There ain't nothing up there but a pallet," Peach said.†
Chpt 28-29
- It was not much of a pallet, either—just a couple of quilts.†
Chpt 28-29
- Then he heard the old man say, "Fix the pallet.†
Chpt 42-43
- When Gus saw that she was tiring he made a pallet for her by the fireplace and sat by her while she napped.†
Chpt 60-61
- She lay on the pallet, her eyes wide open.†
Chpt 60-61
- Lying on the pallet and playing cards for buttons was fine, so long as it was just Gus who was there.†
Chpt 60-61 *
- Gus spread her a pallet and she sat where she could watch him through the open flap.†
Chpt 60-61
- That purse was under the pallet they sleep on.†
Chpt 68-69
- As he passed the open flap of the tent he saw Lorena sitting on a pallet just inside.†
Chpt 70-71
- Call and Augustus knew there was nothing to do but wait, so they sat beside Wilbarger's pallet, saying little.†
Chpt 72-73
- The girls had slept downstairs on pallets, so as to be farther from the screams.†
Chpt 75-76 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(pallet as in: a shipping pallet) a portable platform for storing or moving goods that are stacked on it
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(2)
(pallet as in: a sleeping pallet) a simple, austere bed (such as a straw-filled mattress or temporary bed made on the floor for a child)
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, pallet can refer to a tool or part of a machine. It may also be found as a less common spelling for palette--a flat board or tray artists use to mix paints and to hold them as they paint.