1A rectangular cloth bag stuffed with feathers or other soft materials, used to support the head when lying or sleeping.
1.2 A piece of wood or metal used as a support; a block or bearing.
1Rest (one's head) as if on a pillow.
1.1literary Serve as a pillow for.
Old English pyle, pylu, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch peluw and German Pfühl, based on Latin pulvinus ‘cushion’.