1. featherbed - Noun
2. featherbed - Verb
treat with excessive indulgence
a mattress stuffed with feathers
hire more workers than are necessary
Source: WordNetWe are not to expect to be translated from despotism to liberty in a featherbed. Thomas Jefferson
Lying in a featherbed will not bring you fame, nor staying beneath the quilt, and he who uses up his life without achieving fame leaves no more vestige of himself on earth than smoke in the air or foam upon the water. Dante Alighieri
grandparents often pamper the children Source: Internet
Let's not mollycoddle our students! Source: Internet
A Gutenberg press replica at the Featherbed Alley Printshop Museum, in Bermuda In the decades after Gutenberg, many conservative patrons looked down on cheap printed books; books produced by hand were considered more desirable. Source: Internet
Off Featherbed Lane in New Addington, the reserve is home to 40 of the UK’s 59 butterfly species, several varieties of orchid and a host of other invertebrates and wildflowers. Source: Internet