Cushion

(kōosh'un), n. [Fr. coussin, It. cuscino, Sp. cozīn, Pg. cozīm, Ger. küssen, from Lat. as if culcitīnam, diminutive of culcita, cushion, mattress, pillow.] 1. A case or bag stuffed with some soft and elastic material, and used to sit or recline upon. Two cushions stuffed with straw, the seat to raise. Dryden.

2. Hence, any stuffed or padded surface; any thing made like a cushion, as an engraver's cushion, on which a plate is supported while engraved, or a gilder's cushion, on which gold and silver leaf are cut to proper sizes and figures.
3. The padded side or edge of a billiard-table.
4. A riotous kind of dance, formerly common at weddings;—called also cushion-dance. Halliwell.