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Tuffet, pouffe or hassock are all terms for a piece of furniture used as a footstool or low seat. It is distinguished from a stool by being completely covered in fabric so that no legs are visible. It's essentially a large hard cushion that may have an internal wooden frame to give it more rigidity. Wooden feet may be added to the base to give it stability. If the piece is larger, so that storage can take place inside it, then it is generally known as an ottoman.

Hassock has special association with churches, as it is used to describe the thick cushions employed by the congregation to kneel on while in prayer.

The names tuffet and hassock are both derived from English names for a small grassy hillock or clump of grass, in use since at least the sixteenth century. Pouffe is a nineteenth century French import for "something puffed out". A tuffet is also an English unit of capacity, equal to 2 pecks, or half a bushel.

Another connotation of the word tuffet is the description of an inflatable landing area for precision accuracy parachute landings.

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  • Michael Immerwahr Technical Design Solutions for Theatre: the technical brief collection. Focal Press. ISBN 0240804929. — a proposed design for a four-wheel tuffet, to replace the three-wheeled design used by the Yale School of Drama

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Tuffets and Toile for the Crib Set
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tuffet
Jan 01, 1996; tuffet tuft or tussock. XVI. prob. alt. of next by substitution of -ET .
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Ms. Muffet, take a gander at how gender benders altered tuffet act
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May 26, 2004; Yet another black widow spider has been found among grapes bought at a Bay State supermarket. This time, it was a Taunton...
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Along Came A Provider, And Sat Down Beside Her . . .; The Web Has Some On-Line Players Feeling a Little Like Miss Muffet, But AOL Thinks It Can Tuffet Out
Feb 27, 1996; Steve Case, chairman of America Online Inc., sounded weary answering yet another question about whether the proprietary on-line...
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