1. (

• feather_bed ,
• featherbed

) a mattress stuffed with feathers ;

1. (

• pamper ,
• featherbed ,
• cosset ,
• cocker ,
• baby ,
• coddle ,
• mollycoddle ,
• spoil ,
• indulge

) treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!" ;

2. (

• featherbed

) hire more workers than are necessary ;