All 7 Uses
pallet
in
Orphan Train, by Christina Baker Kline
(Edited)
- I could barely make out, or perhaps only sense, the forms of the boys, stirring fitfully but not yet awake: Dominick and James, six-year-old twins, huddled together for warmth on a pallet on the floor.
p. 19.4pallet = a simple, austere bed
- When I close my eyes, I hear Maisie's cries and Mam's screams, smell the acrid smoke, feel the heat of the fire on my skin, and heave upright on my pallet in the Schatzmans' parlor, soaked in a cold sweat.
p. 26.5
- There's a pallet for you in the hall closet.
p. 80.5
- I unroll a horsehair pallet and place a thin yellowed pillow at the top.
p. 82.2 *
- At night, on my pallet in that dark hall at the foot of the stairs, rubbing my feet together for warmth, I am frightened.
p. 97.3
- I spend nights on my pallet wide-awake and shivering in the dark, listening to the howling of the seemingly endless storms that rage outside.
p. 107.9
- padlocked refrigerator and a pallet in the hall.
p. 110.5
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) 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.