† ˈcushionet Obs.
Also 6 quysshenet, cushnet, 7 cushinet, -onet, coshionet.
[a. F. coussinet (in 16–17th c. also coissinet), dim. of coissin, coussin cushion: see -et1.]
A little cushion; a pin-cushion.
| 1542 Will of Jane Fitzwilliam (Somerset Ho.), Quysshenet. 1592 Greene Disput. 33 If he layd those slippes on her cushnet. 1611 Cotgr., Espinglier..a Pinpillow or cushinet to sticke pinnes on. 1647 H. More Song of Soul i. ii. lxxvi, Closer set With sharp distinctions than a cushionet With pins and needles. 1721 Bailey Cushinet, a little Cushion. |